Principal Consultant Rob Heyes examines the most recent data and findings regarding the outcomes for school leavers, focusing on the factors that influence these results and the strategies that can enhance them.
Every year, some 60,000 young people leave school and make choices about their next steps that are important for the young people themselves, their whānau, and the New Zealand economy. Here we look at the latest data and research on school leaver outcomes...
Our recent update of the Infometrics Regional Economic Profile provides us with another year of detailed data across regional economies to examine. Over the March 2024 year, our analysis shows that rural economies had the strongest economic activity growth, with the primary sector a key part of this growth story.
The tourism recovery has been uneven, with different country or region markets in focus. Over the 2024 calendar year, the US cemented itself as New Zealand’s second-largest inbound visitor market, with 11% of total tourist arrivals. The US market has fully recovered back to pre-pandemic levels over 2024. In comparison, China has slipped back to New Zealand’s third-largest market (from second-largest back in 2019), with only a 61% recovery over 2024.
Infometrics Quarterly Economic Monitor (QEM): Release 27 February 20225
Our Quarterly Economic Monitor for the December 2024 quarter will be published tomorrow morning, showing how regional economies performed over the final quarter of last year.
Infometrics latest Building forecasts, Regional construction Outlook (RCO) and Transport forecasts were released at the end of January.
There’s reason for optimism about the New Zealand economy and business conditions over the next 24 months, according to Infometrics’ latest forecasts, as the post-inflation recession gets put behind us and interest rates return to more normal levels. Although economic growth is not forecast to get above 2.5%pa during 2025 and 2026, the recovery will be underpinned by increased household spending, a more stable housing market, and strength in export commodity prices.
