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Table C
Summary of economic projections
(Annual
percentage change, unless specified otherwise)
s.a. =
seasonally adjusted*
This series is annual CPI
inflation, excluding credit services, until the June 1999
quarter, and annual CPI inflation thereafter (adjusted by
Statistics New Zealand to exclude interest and section
prices from the September 1999 quarter to the June 2000
quarter).
Actuals Projections March year 1998 - 1999 -
2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007
Price measures CPI* 1.7 : 1.0 : 1.7 : 3.1 : 2.6 : 2.5 :
1.5 : 3 : 3 : 21/2
Labour costs 1.9 : 1.6 : 1.4 : 1.6 :
2.1 : 2.2 : 2.1 : 21/4 : 21/4 : 2
Import prices (in New
Zealand dollars) 2.9 : 2.7 : 11.2 : 7.4 : -2.9 : -11.1 :
-10.4 : 61/4 : 51/4 : 41/4
Export prices (in New Zealand
dollars) 4.2 : -0.6 : 9.9 : 20.6 : -3.5 : -15.5 : -4.9 : 4
: 3 : 41/2
Monetary conditions 90-day rate (year
average) 8.0 : 6.2 : 5.2 : 6.6 : 5.4 : 5.9 : 5.3 : 61/2 :
63/4 : 63/4
TWI (year average) 64.4 : 57.3 : 56.1 : 50.4
: 50.3 : 56.4 : 63.6 : 653/4 : 651/4 : 61
Output GDP
(production, annual average % change) 1.5 : 0.4 : 4.8 : 2.7
: 3.3 : 4.4 : 3.6 : 4 : 2 : 21/4
GDP (production, March
qtr to March qtr) 0.2 : 2.5 : 5.7 : 1.2 : 3.9 : 4.2 : 4.8 :
21/2 : 2 : 21/2
Output gap (% of potential GDP, year
average) 0.1 : -1.9 : 0.3 : 0.2 : 0.3 : 1.2 : 1.2 : 13/4 :
1/4 : -1
Labour market Total employment 0.1 : 0.7 : 1.5
: 2.3 : 3.5 : 1.5 : 3.1 : 13/4 : 1/2 : ¼
Unemployment
rate (March qtr, s.a.) 7.1 : 7.1 : 6.3 : 5.4 : 5.2 : 4.9 :
4.3 : 4 41/2 : 5
Trend labour productivity (annual %
change) 1.4 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.4 : 1.4 : 1.3 : 1.4 : 11/2 :
13/4 : 21/4
Key balances
Government operating balance
(% of GDP, year to June)2.5 : 1.7 : 1.3 : 1.2 : 1.9 : 1.5 :
41/4 : 41/4 : 33/4 : 31/2
Current account balance (% of
GDP, year to March)-5.5 : -4.2 : -6.5 : -4.1 : -2.2 : -3.3 :
-4.2 : -41/2 : -53/4 : -53/4
Terms of trade (OTI measure,
annual average % change)-1.0 : -0.4 : -0.2 : 4.4 : 4.2 :
-5.7 : 3.9 : 21/2 : -33/4 ¼
Household savings rate -4.1 :
-4.5 : -1.4 : -5.1 : -3.1 : -8.9 : -9 : -10 : -11 : -93/4
(% of disposable income, year to March)
World economy
World GDP (annual average % change)3.5 : 2.0 : 4.2 : 3.7
: 1.4 : 2.9 : 3.3 : 4 : 31/2 : 31/2
World CPI inflation
2.2 : 1.1 : 2.0 : 2.7 : 1.4 : 2.2 : 1.5 : 21/4 : 13/4 :
2
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