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Rhetoric does not match the reality
Thursday, 20 May 2010, 5:45 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The 2010 Budget Speech had plenty of rhetoric on the importance of the real economy, the export sector, production, jobs and savings, but the numbers did not match. Reductions in corporate tax and changing the rules for Loss Attributing Qualifying Companies ... More >>
Pale shadow of the R&D tax credit
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 2:44 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Government’s announced research, science and technology package will help a few and miss the rest. Grants and vouchers come hand in hand with dead weight bureaucracy. An economy wide approach using tax credits would be much more effective say the New ... More >>
OCR Must Remain On Hold
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 3:35 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Worsening retail sales figures and a continuation of poor economic conditions around the world may mean that the Reserve Bank should give a bold ‘lower for longer’ signal say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). More >>
2010 Alternative Budget Competition
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 11:38 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Productive Economy Council and the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association are pleased to help stimulate new thinking by sponsoring the inaugural Alternative Budget Competition which is open to all currently enrolled university students. More >>
OCR inflation targeting ‘not optimal’
Wednesday, 10 March 2010, 11:52 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Sales flatten out but jobs still under threat
Friday, 5 February 2010, 10:59 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during January 2010, shows total sales in December 2009 decreased 6% (export sales decreased by 7% with domestic sales decreasing 4%) ... More >>
Lower for longer must be the message from the RBNZ
Monday, 25 January 2010, 4:28 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
A negative Cost Price Inflation (CPI) figure for the December quarter means that lower for longer must be the message from Dr. Alan Bollard at the Official Cash Rate announcement on Thursday say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association ... More >>
Government Must Heed Tax Working Group’s advice
Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 4:06 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) is calling for the Government to heed the Tax Working Group’s advice and broaden the tax base to lower personal and corporate tax. More >>
Exporters bear the brunt of monetary policy
Friday, 11 December 2009, 3:56 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The return of non-tradeable inflation to its pre recession levels will prevent any rebalancing towards growth in the real economy say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). The Reserve Bank has signalled a return to high ... More >>
Manufacturers still edgy
Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:52 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during November 2009, shows total sales in October 2009 decreased 13% (export sales decreased by 20% with domestic sales decreasing ... More >>
Good advice? Perhaps, but much more is needed
Monday, 30 November 2009, 5:01 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) is calling for the Government to seriously consider the recommendations from the 2025 Productivity Taskforce. The Taskforce has suggested some widespread reform to turn the economy around, but ... More >>
Policy framework needs attention
Wednesday, 11 November 2009, 2:51 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) is backing calls from the Parliamentary Banking Inquiry for a Monetary Policy inquiry. Their report released today recognised that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) is ineffective at managing ... More >>
Domestic sales recovering, exports constrained
Friday, 6 November 2009, 12:39 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) survey of Manufacturers and Exporters completed during October 2009, shows total sales in September 2009 decreased 9% (export sales decreased by 35% with domestic sales increasing 18%) ... More >>
More to this than the US dollar
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 3:54 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Policy makers and officials are choosing to ignore the rise in the New Zealand dollar on the basis that it is a US dollar weakness story. That is simply an excuse for inaction say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). The ... More >>
Just more talk as the dollar climbs
Friday, 9 October 2009, 4:58 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Reserve Bank Governor Dr. Alan Bollard has used the release of the Reserve Bank’s Annual Report today to once again warn of the affects of the rise in New Zealand’s currency. The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) are calling ... More >>
Tax Working Group needs Government leadership
Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 3:40 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest report from the Tax Working Group has identified that the 200 billion dollar rental property sector essentially operates tax free and has looked at various ways to close this loophole. The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association ... More >>
Export and Manufacturing recovery – not yet
Friday, 2 October 2009, 2:25 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The latest New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA) Survey of Business Conditions completed during September 2009, shows total sales in August 2009 decreased 26% (export sales decreased by 43% with domestic sales decreasing ... More >>
Govt must listen to advice on capital gains
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 3:33 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Talk of a cross-party agreement offers the Government a chance to rebalance New Zealand’s tax system say the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (NZMEA). The tax haven in land and buildings has fuelled non-tradeable inflation and this is too ... More >>
OCR decision: Inexplicable!
Thursday, 10 September 2009, 11:28 am | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Reserve Bank has kept rates on hold again today despite overwhelming evidence that constrictive financial conditions are continuing to destroy New Zealand’s tradeable sector. Today’s announcement came with the usual lip service to the unjustified ... More >>
Government must act on Treasury warning
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 1:39 pm | Manufacturers and Exporters Association
The Treasury have released their monthly economic indicators for August indicating that structural imbalances in New Zealand’s economy are unlikely to unwind if our current growth path is allowed to continue. The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters ... More >>
