May 2022 has been a busy month, with the publication of our Quarterly Economic Monitor for the start of 2022, and Budget 2022 dominating headlines toward the end of the month. We’ve covered both of these, and more, in the May Newsletter.
Managing Director Andrew Whiteford has drawn on the Infometrics Sector Profiles to produce our 2021 Creativity Index, finding that Wellington City remains the most creative place in New Zealand!
Senior Economist Nick Brunsdon has examined commercial amenity around New Zealand and how different areas stack up.
Chief Forecaster Gareth Kiernan analyses the building sector, and the looming risk of further construction liquidations as cashflow challenges bite.
Our Quarterly Economic Monitor showed Omicron and supply chain issues have limited the economic advance, with underlying growth at the start of 2022 flat from last quarter. Read Principal Economist Brad Olsen’s media release on the findings.
And finally, Brad rounds out the newsletter with our regular Chart of the Month, showing Treasury forecasts of higher for longer inflation, as part of a wrap of our Budget 2022 analysis.
