Overview
We help you make sense of economic problems. Infometrics provides industry, regional, and general economic analysis and forecasts that assist organisations in making their planning, policy, and strategic decisions.
Leave the data collection and analysis to us and let your staff concentrate on important strategic issues.
Economic thinking and advice provides an improved framework for decision-making. Infometrics assists our clients in understanding the economic forces which affect their businesses or organisations. We use a variety of approaches to understand each client’s economic questions. We use straightforward reports, interactive web-based products and engaging seminars to communicate how the economy will affect each client’s business.
Infometrics’ highly qualified team delivers research that is rigorous and understandable, delivered on time and within budget.
Under the leadership of Andrew Whiteford and Gareth Kiernan, Infometrics brings together a wide range of skills and research interests, and a detailed understanding of the economic issues at work in New Zealand. We take pride in our independent, impartial and unequivocal approach, and look forward to further challenging mind-sets over the coming years.
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When planning for the future, it’s a good idea to talk to economists who understand the economic context of your business or organisation. Give Infometrics a call – you’ll speak to an economist who has a wide range of skills and research interests, and a detailed understanding of the economic issues at work in New Zealand.
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We support our community, and make sure we contribute actively to it. We pride ourselves on presenting our clients with objectivity and passion. These things are best achieved by understanding both the community that we work with and the community of our clients.
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If you are looking for a career in economics and are keen to apply your skills in a commercially-oriented small business environment, then we would like to hear from you – we may have a position that would suit you. Please contact us if you are interested in pursuing an economics career at Infometrics.
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Company history
Under the leadership of Andrew Whiteford and Gareth Kiernan, Infometrics brings together a wide range of skills and research interests, and a detailed understanding of the economic issues at work in New Zealand. We take pride in our independent, impartial and unequivocal approach, and look forward to further challenging mind-sets over the coming years.
Infometrics was founded in 1983 by Gareth Morgan and Andrew Gawith. One of their early commercial ventures was a twice weekly racing form guide called “Bettor Informed”. Rather than forecasting the economy, this publication predicted the winners of horse races, with some success. Eventually Bettor Informed was sold to Independent Newspapers Ltd, and Infometrics concentrated on forecasting the economy instead.
Infometrics quickly became one of New Zealand’s leading independent economics consultancy and forecasting businesses. Macroeconomic forecasting is still one of the core areas of expertise, but Infometrics has expanded and diversified into industry-specific forecasts, regional economic forecasts and analysis, and specialised consulting work.
For over 30 years Infometrics has analysed and commented on the New Zealand economy. Founded at a time when the Labour Government was embarking on an agenda of economic deregulation, Infometrics has borne witness to the share market collapse and global recession, the strong growth of the 1990s, the Asian crisis, the housing boom of the noughties, the Global Financial Crisis, and most recently the changes in New Zealand’s demographic composition, the Canterbury rebuild and Auckland’s booming housing market.
Visit our News page for articles and economic commentary.
Meet our economists
When planning for the future, it’s a good idea to talk to economists who understand the economic context of your business or organisation. Give Infometrics a call – you’ll speak to an economist who has a wide range of skills and research interests, and a detailed understanding of the economic issues at work in New Zealand.
Community Profile
Whether you’re identifying community needs, developing long-term strategic plans, or allocating financial resources to where they are needed most, knowledge of the demographic characteristics of your community can really help you build a better picture of your district or region. Businesses in regional New Zealand can also use this information to help guide decision making processes.
Infometrics Community Profiles bring together a wide range of population census data, accessible via the web, and they are available to anyone who needs demographic data. We provide these profiles free of charge, for every territorial authority and region of New Zealand. They are dynamic and interactive enabling the user to compare the characteristics of each area unit with other jurisdictions. Contact Andrew Whiteford for details on how to access the Community Profile for your area.
School Groups
We welcome teachers and pupils, with an interest in economics, to visit us in our offices in Wellington. Our economists are passionate about all aspects of economics and enjoy talking about their interests – they were once pupils at school too.
Please contact our offices to arrange a visit.
Community
We support our community, and make sure we contribute actively to it. We pride ourselves on presenting our clients with objectivity and passion. These things are best achieved by understanding both the community that we work with and the community of our clients.
We are committed to making sure that our business is sustainable and has the smallest possible footprint. Where possible, we recycle and use video conferencing and web demonstrations to mitigate any impact we create. Several of our staff members cycle, run, or walk to work.
Careers
If you are looking for a career in economics and are keen to apply your skills in a commercially-oriented small business environment, then we would like to hear from you – we may have a position that would suit you.
Recent or impending graduates
For economics graduates with up to two years' experience, we offer the opportunity to develop your economic skills in a range of areas – from macroeconomic forecasting through to industry-specific forecasts and analysis, and consulting projects. We aim to develop your analytical skills, while offering you the chance to apply economic theory in a commercial environment.
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Experienced consultants
Infometrics has a reputation for rigorous and independent consulting work, delivered on time and within budget. We are always open to the possibility of adding to our current team of consultants – in particular, economists with more than five years' experience, whose areas of expertise complement those of our existing staff.
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