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Double dip gets more likely
Thursday, 23 December 2010, 12:59 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during December 2010, shows total sales in November 2010 decreased 5% (export sales decreased by 9% with domestic sales decreasing 2%) ... More >>
Sales growth starts to stall - 3 December
Friday, 3 December 2010, 10:32 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during November 2010, shows total sales in October 2010 increased 3% (export sales decreased by 4% with domestic sales increasing 7%) ... More >>
Sales up but margins shredded
Friday, 5 November 2010, 1:33 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during October 2010, shows total sales in September 2010 increased 23% (export sales increased by 16% with domestic sales increasing ... More >>
Open up on policy options - 29 October
Friday, 29 October 2010, 1:32 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
It is time for the Government and Reserve Bank to open up on monetary and fiscal policy options say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). The Government and its officials should be working harder to encourage a more balanced ... More >>
Don't cut trade training support
Friday, 22 October 2010, 4:56 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Skill shortages are likely to reappear with the Government removing $55 million from apprenticeship training and reallocating it to fund university places say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). There are problems with ... More >>
Control inflation in the non-traded sector
Monday, 18 October 2010, 4:02 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest Cost Price Inflation figures show that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) hikes have had the inevitable impact on the tradeable sector say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). Tradeable inflation has dropped again to 0.3% ... More >>
Manufacturing Sales Defy Downturn - 1 October
Friday, 1 October 2010, 12:22 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during September 2010, shows total sales in August 2010 increased 20% (export sales increased by 37% with domestic sales increasing ... More >>
0.9% Over 7 Years Not Good Enough - 30 September
Thursday, 30 September 2010, 4:21 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
There is a lack of ambition in the tax package that comes into effect tomorrow say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). The additional 0.9 percent growth improvement over seven years projected by Treasury is pitiful considering ... More >>
Judgement the key to supporting quake-struck staff
Friday, 24 September 2010, 10:43 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The range of different circumstances faced by the both employers and their staff has stood out from responses received by the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) on support for staff after the earthquake. Given the range of ... More >>
Economy as unbalanced as ever
Thursday, 23 September 2010, 4:25 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Poor GDP figures have followed an increase in our Balance of Payments deficit demonstrating that the imbalances that have plagued our economy for decades remain, say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). At 0.7 percent, growth over ... More >>
OCR Damage Continues
Thursday, 16 September 2010, 2:10 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Reserve Bank seems to have recognised the weaknesses in our trading partners that should have prevented any Official Cash Rate (OCR) hikes until this point, but has not found the resolve to reverse earlier hikes. The two hikes have and will continue ... More >>
Cut the OCR - 14 September
Tuesday, 14 September 2010, 10:49 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Reserve Bank jumped the gun with Official Cash Rate (OCR) increases and the rate must now be cut say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). While the damage cannot be undone, a lower interest and exchange rate going into ... More >>
Sales Improve – 3 September
Friday, 3 September 2010, 11:29 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during August 2010, shows total sales in July 2010 increased 16% (export sales increased by 15% with domestic sales increasing 18%) ... More >>
Same old problems dent recovery
Thursday, 5 August 2010, 4:28 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
New Zealand’s economic recovery has stalled with new unemployment numbers rising to 6.8 percent in the June quarter. Further bad news is expected with Fonterra likely to downgrade its payout in response to falling milk powder prices and higher exchange ... More >>
Growth continues at snail's pace
Friday, 30 July 2010, 12:12 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during July 2010, shows total sales in June 2010 increased 7.4% (export sales increased by 11% with domestic sales increasing 4%) on June 2009. More >>
Stay off the brakes
Friday, 23 July 2010, 11:40 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Reserve Bank must avoid doing further damage to the economic recovery with another premature Official Cash Rate (OCR) hike say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). Below forecast Cost Price Inflation (CPI) and lower than expected ... More >>
Pride or Prudence?
Friday, 9 July 2010, 9:35 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during June 2010, shows total sales in May 2010 increased 9.8% (export sales increased by 9% and domestic sales increasing 10%) on May 2009. More >>
OCR hike reckless
Thursday, 10 June 2010, 1:41 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Reserve Bank’s decision to hike the Official Cash Rate to 2.75 percent is hasty say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). The decision has come despite poor sales results in our productive sectors and weakness in our ... More >>
Weakness persists
Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 4:48 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Statistics New Zealand has released its Survey of Manufacturing showing a 2.7 percent drop off in volumes, with only rising prices keeping sales in positive territory. The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) say that this result ... More >>
Export led recovery: not yet - 4 June
Friday, 4 June 2010, 11:24 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during May 2010, shows total sales in April 2010 increased 79% (export sales decreased by 5% with domestic sales increasing 19%) on April 2009. More >>
