New Zealand Business Forecast Report

Published: December 15 2009 Quarterly   

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The New Zealand Business Forecast Report provides essential macroeconomic, political and financial analysis for companies doing business in New Zealand.

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Report Description

The New Zealand Business Forecast Report helps businesses with New Zealand market assessment, strategic planning and decision making to promote growth and profitability in New Zealand and is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in the New Zealand market.

An influential new analysis of New Zealand's political, economic and financial prospects through end-2013, just published by award-winning forecasters, Business Monitor International.

Key Uses

  • Forecast the pace and stability of New Zealand's economic and industry growth through end-2013
  • Identify and evaluate adverse political and economic trends in New Zealand, to facilitate risk mitigation strategies
  • Assess critical shortcomings of New Zealand's business environment that pose hidden barriers and costs to corporate profitability
  • Contextualise New Zealand's country risks against Asia Pacific regional peers using BMI's country comparative risk ratings system
  • Target business opportunities in New Zealand's high-growth industry sectors
  • Evaluate external threats to doing business in New Zealand, including currency volatility, the commodity price boom and protectionist policies

The New Zealand Business Forecast Report by Business Monitor International includes these sections: New Zealand's Political Outlook, New Zealand's Economic Outlook and New Zealand's Monetary Policy

New Zealand's Political Outlook:

What are the political risks to doing business in New Zealand over the next 5-years?

BMI's New Zealand Country Risk Ratings evaluate the short- and medium-term threats posed by government instability, adverse economic policy-making, deterioration in the business environment and external shocks.

We examine New Zealand's political stability and risk assessment, administration and policy-making and New Zealand foreign policy.

Key Benefits

  • Benchmark New Zealand's risk profile against its neighbours, the global and regional average, allowing easy comparison of risks between key business markets.
  • Identify, evaluate and anticipate political and security risks to the business environment in US, and to your company's current operations and future plans.
  • Gain valuable insights into the New Zealand government and policy-making, through BMI's specialist team of analysts and economists, and their exclusive network of private and public sector sources.

New Zealand's Economic Outlook:

How will New Zealand economic policy-making and performance impact corporate profitability over 2009-13?

BMI provides our fully independent 5-year forecasts for New Zealand through end-2013 for more than 35 macroeconomic variables. We evaluate New Zealand growth, and also forecast the impact of economic management, including central bank policy, on profitability.

New Zealand Economic Outlook Contents

The New Zealand Business Forecast Report features explicit BMI economic forecasts for New Zealand, with supporting commentary and analysis, for end-2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 set against New Zealand government views. Underpinning our forecasts are key assumptions for the global economy through end-2013 , covering growth, inflation, employment, trade and investment, interest and exchange rates in the US, Japan and the Euro-zone.

Coverage of Key Economic Issues in New Zealand

  • Economic Activity in New Zealand
    Real GDP growth; industrial growth; employment growth; inflation and consumer prices; consumption (indicative wages, retail sales, consumer confidence)
  • Fiscal Policy in New Zealand
    Current macroeconomic strategy and implementation policies; government finance (revenue, expenditure, budget balance); tax reforms
  • Monetary Policy in New Zealand
    Interest rate trends (bank lending and deposit rates); inflation (retail price inflation, consumer price inflation); exchange rate policy in New Zealand; New Zealand currency controls; influence of foreign direct investment inflows; exchange rates and foreign exchange reserves
  • Balance of Payments in New Zealand
    Merchandise trade (exports, imports, trade balance); current account balance
  • Foreign Direct Investment in New Zealand
    Foreign direct investment approvals and inflows; the foreign investment climate
  • New Zealand External Debt
    Debt profile (short- and long-term debt; public and private sector exposure)

Key Benefits

  1. Rely upon BMI's 100% independent Forecast Scenarios for New Zealand and underlying assumptions - we take no advertising and are privately-owned.
  2. Exploit the benefits of BMI's comprehensive and reliable macroeconomic database, sourced and fully maintained by BMI from an extensive network of private sector, government and multilateral contacts.
  3. Gain key insights into the current and future direction of New Zealand government economic policy

Who buys Asia Pacific Business Forecast Reports?

The New Zealand Business Forecast Report is an essential tool for CEOs, Chairmen, Finance Directors/CFOs, Managing Directors, Marketing/Sales Directors with commercial interests in New Zealand.

Our Business Forecast Reports are relied upon by corporates, banks, government departments and multinational organisations around the world.

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