Bespoke residential housing demand and construction innovation
November 5, 2014
NZIER report to BRANZ and the Building and Construction Productivity Partnership. Read more
The power of price - NZIER Insight 48
October 30, 2014
This week Auckland Council presented two options for raising additional funding for land transport projects - introducing user-charges to use the motorway network, or increasing rates and fuel taxes. NZIER welcomes the opportunity to publicly debate road pricing. We see user-charges a … Read more
Costly investment decisions require improved population forecasts - NZIER Insight 47
August 25, 2014
Investing wisely today for the New Zealand of tomorrow requires a detailed understanding of how many people there will be and where we will work and live. Billions of dollars of infrastructure spending are at stake. Yet past estimates of New Zealand's population, on which these invest … Read more
The home affordability challenge : suite of policy reforms needed in New Zealand
July 18, 2014
Fixation with home ownership causing economic and social despair Read more
Regional economies : shape, performance and drivers
July 12, 2014
Divergence and the search for a solution Economic performance is uneven across New Zealand’s regions. For example, there are differences across household incomes, unemployment and population growth in the latest Census. Read more
The Bank of England's new approach to mortgage restrictions better targeted than LVR policy - NZIER Insight 46
July 2, 2014
Just last week Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, tightened the rules on mortgage lending in the United Kingdom. Now loans set at more than 4.5 times income can make up only 15 percent of new mortgage lending. We like this approach to financial stability because it dire … Read more
Big city life? Challenges and trade-offs for Auckland city
May 8, 2014
Auckland is on the move. Economic growth is outpacing most regions and people continue to flow into the city. This is putting pressure on the shape of Auckland city and the form of housing and transport infrastructure. So it's not surprising that Auckland is revising its planning for … Read more
2013 Western market visitor growth : what explains the increase in advanced-economy visitors?
March 28, 2014
A report to Tourism New Zealand. International arrivals to New Zealand in 2013 grew at the fastest pace in a decade. Visitor arrivals were up 6.1% boosted by a rebound across several advanced economies and good performance by emerging markets like China. Our analysis shows that New Ze … Read more
Water management in New Zealand: A road map for understanding water value - NZIER Working Paper 2014/01
March 18, 2014
Flexibility, social values key to solving water issues A lack of understanding about the value communities place on water is hampering decision-making, according to a new report from NZIER. Read more
Time to revise the TWI to reflect modern New Zealand's export profile - NZIER Insight 45
February 24, 2014
People are worried about the damage the strengthening exchange rate might be doing to the export sector, but the headline exchange rate measures don't capture burgeoning emerging market trade. Read more