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The pace of supplier cost increases to Foodstuffs supermarkets moderated slightly in the year to January, with the Infometrics-Foodstuffs New Zealand Grocery Supplier Cost Index (GSCI) showing an average 2.3% increase in what suppliers charged in January 2026, compared to a year earlier.

Freight volumes provide one of the clearest real-time signals of activity in the New Zealand economy.

Freight volumes provide one of the clearest real-time signals of activity in the New Zealand economy.

The housing market had a soft-ish finish to 2025, with stock levels still elevated, monthly sales roughly in line with the average of the last year, and prices down 0.4% since the end of 2024.

New Zealand enters 2026 with its long-anticipated economic recovery still looking unconvincing, according to Infometrics’ latest forecasts. Despite lower interest rates, more focus on government investment, and historically high export incomes, indicators show momentum remains fragile.

After two years of sluggish activity, households under pressure, and repeatedly deferred expectations of recovery, 2026 is shaping up as a pivotal year for the New Zealand economy.

Inflation is often discussed as a single headline number, but how price pressures are experienced by households depends heavily on what is getting more expensive.

A stream of end-of-year data coming through shows, on the surface, a generally more upbeat view of the economy.

This article describes the revisions we have made to our historical estimates of regional GDP, and industry and occupation employment in the Regional Economic Profile and Sector Profile and what they mean for you.

Surging net migration in late 2023 and falling mortgage rates in late 2024 led several forecasters to predict a strong recovery in house prices during each of the following years.