New Zealand Surveys
INDUSTRY FORECASTS
Data on Forecast of Firm-specific Variables
Basic Data Description
Observations: Panel data of 630 firms. Randomly drawn from the population of firms in New Zealand. Sampling framework allows for representation of sectors, subsectors and firm size. Note 2022Q3 data will become available by mid October 2022.
Survey Time Period
Bi-annually: 2019Q3 (630 firms), 2020Q1 (456 firms), 2020Q3 (487 firms), 2021Q1 (317 firms), 2021Q3 (598 firms), 2022Q1 (392 firms)
Forecasts of Average Wages, Unit Costs and Prices
Wages Unit Costs Prices
Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median
2019Q3 0.61 0.00 1.33 1.20 1.34 1.20
2020Q1 0.48 0.00 1.54 1.30 1.56 1.20
2020Q3 0.42 0.00 2.34 2.30 2.65 2.50
2021Q1 0.66 0.00 3.59 3.30 4.05 4.00
2021Q3 1.15 0.00 3.92 3.60 4.34 4.00
2022Q1 1.53 1.25 4.33 4.30 4.63 4.50
Note: The reported statistics are based on 250 observations. Forecasts of changes in average wages, unit costs and prices are for 12 months-ahead.
DATA DOWNLOAD
You may download the data for 250 observations for free here: Click firm forecasts of macroeconomic and industry variables
Download the survey questionnaire here: questionnaire
If you are interested in full sample data, please contact afrcl-nz@outlook.com