External sectors, trade and payments | Current account balance as a percentage of GDP | Percentage |  | -3.925 | -3.087 | -3.119 | -2.705 | -2.055 | -2.796 | -4.151 | -2.856 | -1.136 | -5.870 | -7.875 | -6.447 | -5.535 |
Exchange rate, national currency per USD | New Zealand Dollar |  | 1.235 | 1.220 | 1.206 | 1.434 | 1.437 | 1.407 | 1.446 | 1.518 | 1.541 | 1.414 | 1.598 | 1.731 | 1.731 |
Exchange rate, USD per national currency | US Dollar |  | 0.810 | 0.820 | 0.830 | 0.700 | 0.697 | 0.711 | 0.693 | 0.659 | 0.650 | 0.707 | 0.628 | 0.578 | 0.578 |
Exports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 43 795 624 152.498 | 44 249 990 519.108 | 45 779 249 487.635 | 49 434 766 598.940 | 50 788 307 830.218 | 52 077 149 643.596 | 53 699 046 415.024 | 55 116 551 843.543 | 48 120 927 283.192 | 46 395 364 398.993 | 47 012 999 573.122 | 50 995 174 362.234 | 52 957 794 286.829 |
Goods and services trade, volume in USD | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 41 915 955 601.944 | 43 424 640 578.015 | 45 904 980 933.191 | 48 699 959 710.824 | 50 314 374 930.097 | 52 772 983 766.591 | 55 270 717 418.461 | 56 577 807 642.353 | 48 440 198 356.465 | 51 219 768 066.160 | 52 463 010 641.037 | 54 494 891 895.006 | 55 713 794 725.777 |
Imports of goods and services, volume in USD (national accounts basis) | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 40 036 287 051.390 | 42 599 290 636.921 | 46 030 712 378.747 | 47 965 152 822.709 | 49 840 442 029.977 | 53 468 817 889.585 | 56 842 388 421.897 | 58 039 063 441.162 | 48 759 469 429.738 | 56 044 171 733.327 | 57 913 021 708.951 | 57 994 609 427.779 | 58 469 795 164.725 |
Government accounts | General government gross financial assets as a percentage of GDP | Percentage |  | 34.754 | 34.167 | 35.180 | 35.111 | 34.268 | 34.748 | 34.958 | 35.530 | 38.433 | 39.829 | 41.561 | 41.561 | 41.561 |
General government gross financial liabilities as a percentage of GDP | Ratio |  | 41.339 | 40.253 | 40.461 | 40.051 | 37.567 | 35.575 | 33.459 | 36.334 | 42.483 | 45.667 | 52.038 | 54.541 | 55.503 |
General government net lending as a percentage of GDP | Percentage |  | -2.109 | -0.640 | 0.467 | 0.168 | 1.198 | 1.641 | 0.883 | -0.566 | -7.356 | -3.910 | -4.871 | -3.381 | -1.826 |
General government primary balance as a percentage of GDP | Percentage |  | -1.243 | -0.094 | 1.036 | 0.763 | 1.712 | 2.127 | 1.454 | -0.057 | -6.768 | -3.323 | -4.220 | -2.622 | -0.948 |
Expenditure and GDP | Change in inventories, contributions to changes in real GDP | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 0.000 | -0.003 | 0.000 | -0.005 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.004 | -0.005 | -0.009 | 0.015 | -0.004 | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Exports of goods and services, volume (national accounts basis) | New Zealand Dollar, 2009-10 |  | 59 568 000 000.000 | 60 186 000 000.000 | 62 266 000 000.000 | 67 238 000 000.000 | 69 079 000 000.000 | 70 832 000 000.000 | 73 038 000 000.000 | 74 966 000 000.000 | 65 451 000 000.000 | 63 104 000 000.000 | 63 944 067 763.948 | 69 360 366 593.526 | 72 029 796 380.877 |
Government final consumption expenditure, volume | New Zealand Dollar, 2009-10 |  | 39 720 000 000.000 | 40 254 000 000.000 | 41 474 000 000.000 | 42 436 000 000.000 | 43 134 000 000.000 | 44 657 000 000.000 | 46 140 000 000.000 | 48 480 000 000.000 | 51 814 000 000.000 | 56 955 000 000.000 | 60 939 058 461.295 | 59 699 123 500.050 | 58 488 295 794.903 |
Gross capital formation, total, volume | New Zealand Dollar, 2009-10 |  | 46 111 000 000.000 | 48 998 000 000.000 | 53 479 000 000.000 | 54 254 000 000.000 | 56 065 000 000.000 | 59 440 000 000.000 | 64 179 000 000.000 | 65 472 000 000.000 | 58 600 000 000.000 | 68 094 000 000.000 | 68 641 071 734.491 | 68 456 321 583.486 | 69 409 368 317.909 |
Gross domestic product, nominal value, market prices | New Zealand Dollar |  | 215 934 000 000.000 | 228 078 000 000.000 | 240 897 000 000.000 | 251 724 000 000.000 | 266 805 000 000.000 | 286 482 000 000.000 | 302 532 000 000.000 | 320 204 000 000.000 | 323 851 000 000.000 | 349 102 000 000.000 | 376 734 367 840.866 | 397 270 722 853.983 | 414 541 934 378.834 |
Gross domestic product, volume in USD, at constant purchasing power parities | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 154 872 813 013.136 | 158 287 897 025.170 | 163 381 427 948.188 | 170 314 373 450.823 | 177 214 067 416.275 | 184 253 568 981.246 | 192 088 084 571.590 | 198 554 752 836.910 | 196 458 394 560.879 | 205 890 495 369.511 | 210 251 235 472.401 | 212 414 974 183.399 | 214 951 264 863.013 |
Gross domestic product, volume in USD, constant exchange rates | US Dollar, 2015 |  | 160 184 076 310.686 | 163 716 278 427.689 | 168 984 488 710.628 | 176 155 195 110.580 | 183 291 509 633.315 | 190 572 426 367.079 | 198 675 621 619.783 | 205 364 060 105.111 | 203 195 808 573.231 | 212 951 377 199.545 | 217 461 666 073.507 | 219 699 608 808.941 | 222 322 879 942.621 |
Gross domestic product, volume, market prices | New Zealand Dollar, 2009-10 |  | 204 935 000 000.000 | 209 454 000 000.000 | 216 194 000 000.000 | 225 368 000 000.000 | 234 498 000 000.000 | 243 813 000 000.000 | 254 180 000 000.000 | 262 737 000 000.000 | 259 963 000 000.000 | 272 444 000 000.000 | 278 214 336 675.618 | 281 077 497 640.485 | 284 433 636 915.766 |
Gross fixed capital formation, total, volume | New Zealand Dollar, 2009-10 |  | 45 142 000 000.000 | 48 669 000 000.000 | 53 201 000 000.000 | 55 165 000 000.000 | 56 799 000 000.000 | 59 474 000 000.000 | 63 406 000 000.000 | 66 189 000 000.000 | 61 546 000 000.000 | 67 098 000 000.000 | 68 881 715 468.105 | 68 516 871 921.854 | 69 496 575 949.077 |
Imports of goods and services, volume (national accounts basis) | New Zealand Dollar, 2009-10 |  | 61 593 000 000.000 | 65 536 000 000.000 | 70 815 000 000.000 | 73 791 000 000.000 | 76 676 000 000.000 | 82 258 000 000.000 | 87 448 000 000.000 | 89 289 000 000.000 | 75 013 000 000.000 | 86 220 000 000.000 | 89 095 093 696.898 | 89 220 610 640.048 | 89 951 650 335.565 |
Net exports, contributions to changes in real GDP | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | -0.002 | -0.015 | -0.012 | 0.011 | -0.003 | -0.012 | -0.008 | 0.001 | 0.009 | -0.043 | -0.006 | 0.020 | 0.008 |
Private final consumption expenditure, volume | New Zealand Dollar, 2009-10 |  | 121 158 000 000.000 | 125 497 000 000.000 | 129 641 000 000.000 | 134 911 000 000.000 | 142 703 000 000.000 | 150 493 000 000.000 | 157 412 000 000.000 | 162 330 000 000.000 | 160 370 000 000.000 | 170 323 000 000.000 | 174 440 589 289.884 | 173 260 869 106.037 | 174 926 519 255.410 |
Selected variables: ready-made growth rates | Core inflation | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 1.214 | 1.208 | 1.444 | 1.107 | 1.346 | 1.391 | 1.179 | 1.800 | 2.224 | 3.712 | 6.003 | 5.300 | 3.161 |
Exports of goods and services, volume, growth (national accounts basis) | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 1.766 | 1.037 | 3.456 | 7.985 | 2.738 | 2.538 | 3.114 | 2.640 | -12.692 | -3.586 | 1.331 | 8.470 | 3.849 |
Government final consumption expenditure, volume, growth | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | -0.369 | 1.344 | 3.031 | 2.320 | 1.645 | 3.531 | 3.321 | 5.072 | 6.877 | 9.922 | 6.995 | -2.035 | -2.028 |
Gross domestic product, market prices, deflator, growth | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | -0.317 | 3.345 | 2.328 | 0.241 | 1.864 | 3.273 | 1.295 | 2.394 | 2.218 | 2.859 | 5.677 | 4.377 | 3.116 |
Gross domestic product, nominal value, growth | Percentage |  | 2.335 | 5.624 | 5.620 | 4.494 | 5.991 | 7.375 | 5.602 | 5.841 | 1.139 | 7.797 | 7.915 | 5.451 | 4.347 |
Gross domestic product, volume, growth | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 2.659 | 2.205 | 3.218 | 4.243 | 4.051 | 3.972 | 4.252 | 3.367 | -1.056 | 4.801 | 2.118 | 1.029 | 1.194 |
Gross fixed capital formation, total, volume, growth | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 6.394 | 7.813 | 9.312 | 3.692 | 2.962 | 4.710 | 6.611 | 4.389 | -7.015 | 9.021 | 2.658 | -0.530 | 1.430 |
Headline inflation | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 1.060 | 1.134 | 1.228 | 0.293 | 0.646 | 1.851 | 1.598 | 1.620 | 1.715 | 3.941 | 7.259 | 5.231 | 3.160 |
Imports of goods and services, volume, growth (national accounts basis) | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 2.691 | 6.402 | 8.055 | 4.202 | 3.910 | 7.280 | 6.309 | 2.105 | -15.989 | 14.940 | 3.335 | 0.141 | 0.819 |
Private final consumption expenditure, volume, growth | Percentage, 2009-10 |  | 2.655 | 3.581 | 3.302 | 4.065 | 5.776 | 5.459 | 4.598 | 3.124 | -1.207 | 6.206 | 2.418 | -0.676 | 0.961 |
Household sector accounts | Net disposable income of households and non-profit institutions serving households | New Zealand Dollar |  | 123 614 000 000.000 | 127 770 000 000.000 | 129 950 000 000.000 | 138 241 000 000.000 | 148 541 000 000.000 | 157 360 000 000.000 | 167 773 000 000.000 | 178 473 000 000.000 | 186 484 000 000.000 | 193 546 735 371.831 | 201 708 165 583.687 | 209 463 800 821.844 | 217 541 120 547.427 |
Prices and deflators | Consumer price index | Index, 2009-10 |  | 1.076 | 1.088 | 1.101 | 1.104 | 1.111 | 1.132 | 1.150 | 1.169 | 1.189 | 1.236 | 1.325 | 1.395 | 1.439 |
Core inflation index | Index, 2009-10 |  | 1.058 | 1.071 | 1.087 | 1.099 | 1.113 | 1.129 | 1.142 | 1.163 | 1.189 | 1.233 | 1.307 | 1.376 | 1.420 |
Exports of goods and services, deflator (national accounts basis) | Index, 2009-10 |  | 1.052 | 1.077 | 1.095 | 1.052 | 1.036 | 1.110 | 1.149 | 1.170 | 1.192 | 1.227 | 1.419 | 1.465 | 1.497 |
Gross domestic product, market prices, deflator | Index, 2009-10 |  | 1.054 | 1.089 | 1.114 | 1.117 | 1.138 | 1.175 | 1.190 | 1.219 | 1.246 | 1.281 | 1.354 | 1.413 | 1.457 |
Imports of goods and services, deflator (national accounts basis) | Index, 2009-10 |  | 1.002 | 0.956 | 0.925 | 0.930 | 0.898 | 0.917 | 0.966 | 0.982 | 0.985 | 1.032 | 1.217 | 1.271 | 1.299 |
Purchasing power parity, national currency per USD | New Zealand Dollar |  | 1.496 | 1.446 | 1.441 | 1.478 | 1.441 | 1.431 | 1.470 | 1.428 | 1.436 | 1.486 | 1.485 | 1.482 | 1.482 |
Labour markets | Labour force | Persons |  | 2 340 750.000 | 2 361 500.000 | 2 440 750.000 | 2 504 000.000 | 2 617 250.000 | 2 715 000.000 | 2 781 000.000 | 2 810 750.000 | 2 861 750.000 | 2 899 250.000 | 2 932 135.000 | 2 969 895.973 | 2 999 482.862 |
Total employment (labour force survey basis) | Persons |  | 2 189 500.000 | 2 223 500.000 | 2 308 250.000 | 2 368 500.000 | 2 482 500.000 | 2 586 500.000 | 2 661 000.000 | 2 695 500.000 | 2 730 000.000 | 2 790 000.000 | 2 835 606.625 | 2 851 929.680 | 2 860 282.300 |
Unemployment rate | Percentage |  | 6.462 | 5.844 | 5.429 | 5.411 | 5.149 | 4.733 | 4.315 | 4.100 | 4.604 | 3.768 | 3.292 | 3.972 | 4.641 |
Monetary data | Long-term interest rate on government bonds | Percentage |  | 3.685 | 4.093 | 4.304 | 3.423 | 2.762 | 2.991 | 2.754 | 1.649 | 0.891 | 1.815 | 3.777 | 5.600 | 5.600 |
Short-term interest rate | Percentage |  | 2.672 | 2.657 | 3.424 | 3.241 | 2.330 | 1.958 | 1.947 | 1.519 | 0.482 | 0.488 | 2.758 | 4.838 | 4.625 |