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Local Authorities Maintain Positive Operating Bal
Monday, 18 December 2000, 10:28 am | Statistics New Zealand
Local authorities generated a surplus of $89.6 million from non-trading activities for the September 2000 quarter, Statistics New Zealand's latest Quarterly Local Authority Survey shows. This represents a decrease of $12.7 million on the surplus for the ... More >>
Further Reduction in BoP Deficit
Friday, 15 December 2000, 11:21 am | Statistics New Zealand
The current account deficit for the September 2000 quarter was $2.1 billion, Government Statistician Brian Pink said today. After adjusting for seasonal factors, the current account deficit recorded its third consecutive quarterly decrease. This decrease ... More >>
Food Prices Up 1.1 Per Cent In November
Wednesday, 13 December 2000, 11:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices rose 1.1 per cent between October and November 2000 and are 3.5 per cent higher than in November 1999, according to Statistics New Zealand. Fresh fruit and vegetable prices made the most significant upward contribution to the Food Price ... More >>
Food Prices Up 1.1 Per Cent In November
Wednesday, 13 December 2000, 11:48 am | Statistics New Zealand
Food prices rose 1.1 per cent between October and November 2000 and are 3.5 per cent higher than in November 1999, according to Statistics New Zealand. Fresh fruit and vegetable prices made the most significant upward contribution to the Food Price ... More >>
Accommodation Survey: October 2000
Tuesday, 12 December 2000, 4:00 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Guests spent 2.0 million nights in short-term commercial accommodation during October 2000, according to Statistics New Zealand's Accommodation Survey. This was 6 per cent higher than in October 1999. Over the same period short-term international visitor ... More >>
Manufacturing Sales Increase in September Quarter
Monday, 11 December 2000, 3:12 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales rose by 4.8 per cent in the September 2000 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand's latest Quarterly Manufacturing Survey. This is the seventh successive quarter for which sales have increased, representing ... More >>
Latest Statistics Confirm Export Growth
Monday, 11 December 2000, 11:03 am | Statistics New Zealand
The updated value of merchandise exports for October 2000 released today by Statistics New Zealand is $2,729 million. This is $9 million more than the early estimate released on 27 November 2000. Merchandise imports were $2,945 million, giving a revised trade ... More >>
Terms Of Trade Rise
Monday, 11 December 2000, 11:01 am | Statistics New Zealand
The terms of trade for merchandise rose by 5.5 per cent in the September 2000 quarter, latest Overseas Trade Indexes released today by Statistics New Zealand show. A rise in the terms of trade means that more imports can be funded by a fixed quantity of ... More >>
Thousands Sought For Front Line Census 2001 Jobs
Thursday, 7 December 2000, 4:31 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Statistics New Zealand has stepped up its recruitment campaign for next year's census. This week the search began for around 5900 enumerators (those who deliver and collect census forms) to work for six weeks over February and March next year. More >>
Retail Sales Virtually Unchanged
Tuesday, 5 December 2000, 12:51 am | Statistics New Zealand
Seasonally adjusted retail sales for October 2000 remain virtually unchanged, according to Statistics New Zealand. Seasonally adjusted sales are $3,690 million, a decline of just 0.1 per cent when compared to September 2000. In the core retailing group ... More >>
Crown Research Institutes' Sales Up
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 4:41 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) earned $176.1 million in sales in the year ended June 2000, provisional Statistics New Zealand figures show. This was $19.8 million more than they earned in the year ended June 1999. More >>
Price Rises Impact on Wholesale Trade Sales
Thursday, 30 November 2000, 4:39 pm | Statistics New Zealand
The seasonally adjusted value of wholesale trade sales increased by 1.9 per cent in the September 2000 quarter, latest figures from Statistics New Zealand show. The depreciation of the New Zealand dollar and higher commodity prices have increased ... More >>
New Dwellings Approvals Remain at Lower Levels
Monday, 27 November 2000, 3:15 pm | Statistics New Zealand
There were 1,585 new dwelling units authorised in October 2000, latest Statistics New Zealand figures show. The number of new dwelling units has settled at a lower level since January 2000. Between January and October 2000 the number of dwelling ... More >>
Higher Farm Expenses
Monday, 27 November 2000, 3:14 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Farm input prices rose by 2.1 per cent for the September 2000 quarter, according to Statistics New Zealand's Farm Expenses Price Index. This is the fifth consecutive quarterly rise in the all farms inputs index, which has increased by 6.7 per cent ... More >>
Steady Growth in Imports
Monday, 27 November 2000, 11:32 am | Statistics New Zealand
The provisional value of merchandise imports for October 2000 was $2,945 million, according to latest figures released by Statistics New Zealand. The monthly imports trend continued to grow at a steady rate during 2000. More >>
Economy Recovers but National Saving Falls
Friday, 24 November 2000, 5:40 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Falls in March Year The New Zealand economy recovered in the year ended March 2000, Statistics New Zealand's latest Provisional National Accounts show. The recovery comes after the Asian economic downturn and two successive seasons of drought brought ... More >>
Capital Goods Price Index: September 2000 quarter
Friday, 24 November 2000, 5:38 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Capital asset prices increased 1.1 per cent in the September 2000 quarter, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. "The result is the largest quarterly increase for the Capital Goods Price Index since the March 1992 quarter," Deputy ... More >>
Hospitals Report Smaller Deficit
Friday, 24 November 2000, 5:37 pm | Statistics New Zealand
Hospital and Health Service (HHS) providers recorded an annual deficit of $1.5 million for the September 2000 year, Statistics New Zealand reported today. This is below the deficit of $2.8 million for the previous September year. The quarterly result ... More >>
Largest Increase In Producer Prices Since Mid-1980
Friday, 24 November 2000, 11:11 am | Statistics New Zealand
Producers' output and input prices have both recorded their largest quarterly increases since the mid-1980s, according to the latest Producers Price Index (PPI). The September 2000 quarter figures were released by Statistics New Zealand today. More >>
Visitor Arrivals Up 10 Per Cent
Tuesday, 21 November 2000, 3:46 pm | Statistics New Zealand
During the year ended October 2000, there were 1.738 million overseas visitor arrivals, an increase of 160,000 or 10 per cent on the October 1999 year. More >>
