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Cut Official Cash Rate to match northern economies
Friday, 2 December 2011, 11:29 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) is advocating an Official Cash Rate (OCR) cut next week in response to the problems in Europe and the USA. A cut would help to take some pressure off the currency in the short-term ... More >>
Same old same old won’t fix the economy
Friday, 25 November 2011, 12:24 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
A real change in economic policy is needed from whoever forms the next government say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). It is clear that our policy framework has encouraged consumption fuelled by debt rather than ... More >>
Economic reform needed to improve expectations
Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 11:04 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
New Zealand’s first year of negative migration since 2001 further demonstrates the need for economic reform say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). A net loss of 100 migrants occurred in the October 2011 year according to ... More >>
RBNZ must explicitly target non-traded inflation
Thursday, 17 November 2011, 11:38 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) agree with Bill English that non-traded inflation is a tax on the export sector, but ask what is being done to stop this tax. English made the comments at the Herald's Mood of the ... More >>
NZ Dollar costs exporters $6.6 billion
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 10:08 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Rises in the New Zealand dollar have cost exporters approximately $6.6 billion over two and a half years according to the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). In February 2009 the NZ Dollar bottomed out at 52.3 on the Trade Weighted ... More >>
Superannuation and Kiwisaver measures must be applauded
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 4:18 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) is applauding Labour’s proposed measures to increase saving and raise the age of entitlement for national superannuation. Compulsory savings will help to lift the savings rate and offer a ... More >>
Sales continue to bounce along the bottom - 7 October
Friday, 7 October 2011, 9:25 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
For a results table and historical data click here http://www.realeconomy.co.nz/215-sales_continue_to_bounce_along.aspx . More >>
Export sales recover - 2 September
Friday, 2 September 2011, 10:30 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during August 2011, shows total sales in July 2011 increased 13.5% (export sales increased by 16.4% with domestic sales increasing 11.2%) ... More >>
Capital Gains Tax will help rebalancing
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 2:42 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The eradication of the capital gains tax harbour will help to lift productive investment say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). A more balanced tax system will see investment flow to the most intrinsically profitable areas of ... More >>
Sales improve off low base - 5 July
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 1:53 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during June 2011, shows total sales in May 2011 increased 15% (export sales increased by 22% with domestic sales increasing 10%) on May 2010. More >>
Revise Reserve Bank Act to tackle dollar
Thursday, 9 June 2011, 3:35 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Reserve Bank Act’s objectives must be changed to include tradable sector growth say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). Inflation targeting might have worked at the headline level but only at the expense of the tradable sector; ... More >>
Record dollar stifles growth - 3 June
Friday, 3 June 2011, 9:56 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during May 2011, shows total sales in April 2011 decreased 3% (export sales increased by 11% with domestic sales decreasing 9%) on April 2010. ... More >>
NZMEA: Balancing the books but not the economy
Friday, 20 May 2011, 9:53 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Budget has targeted balancing the books but missed out on balancing the economy by sparking growth in the tradable sector say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). The Budget focused on cutting costs through cuts to Kiwisaver ... More >>
Telecom To Answer Rise Up Christchurch Telethon Phones
Friday, 20 May 2011, 9:43 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Telecom employees from Christchurch have volunteered their own time to answer the national calls for the Rise Up Christchurch - Te Kotahitanga telethon this Sunday 22 May. More >>
Budget needs focus on generating revenue
Monday, 16 May 2011, 2:00 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Budget initiatives announced so far have focused on cutting costs; cost cutting is important but to really fix things we simply have to earn more say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). This Government has been at pains ... More >>
Action needed on asset bubbles
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 11:17 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
High debt levels in the New Zealand dairy industry remain one of the greatest concerns for the banking sector according to KPMG’s Financial Institutions Performance Survey. The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) is supporting moves ... More >>
Chch manufacturers bent but not broken!
Friday, 15 April 2011, 10:20 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
A post earthquake survey conducted by the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) shows that most manufacturers are filling their orders. The survey, conducted between the 30th of March and the 8th of April, also found that Canterbury ... More >>
Sales drop after earthquake but forecasts hold up
Friday, 8 April 2011, 11:19 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during March 2011, shows total sales in February 2011 decreased 13% (export sales decreased by 26% with domestic sales decreasing 5%) on ... More >>
IMF supports capital controls
Thursday, 7 April 2011, 4:10 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
A year ago the International Monetary Fund (IMF) pointed to the lacklustre performance of those smaller economies fixated on the one lever (interest rates) one target (inflation) approach to monetary policy, now IMF advice is moving towards regulation of capital ... More >>
MEA Still waiting on a real recovery
Friday, 4 February 2011, 11:08 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during January 2011, shows total sales in December 2010 decreased 0.9% (export sales decreased by 6% with domestic sales increasing ... More >>
