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RBNZ MPS: Summary of economic projections

Table C
Summary of economic projections
(Annual percentage change, unless specified otherwise)
s.a. = seasonally adjusted*
This series is annual CPI inflation, excluding credit services, until the June 1999 quarter, and annual CPI inflation thereafter (adjusted by Statistics New Zealand to exclude interest and section prices from the September 1999 quarter to the June 2000 quarter).

Actuals Projections March year 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007
Price measures CPI* 1.7 : 1.0 : 1.7 : 3.1 : 2.6 : 2.5 : 1.5 : 3 : 3 : 21/2
Labour costs 1.9 : 1.6 : 1.4 : 1.6 : 2.1 : 2.2 : 2.1 : 21/4 : 21/4 : 2
Import prices (in New Zealand dollars) 2.9 : 2.7 : 11.2 : 7.4 : -2.9 : -11.1 : -10.4 : 61/4 : 51/4 : 41/4
Export prices (in New Zealand dollars) 4.2 : -0.6 : 9.9 : 20.6 : -3.5 : -15.5 : -4.9 : 4 : 3 : 41/2
Monetary conditions 90-day rate (year average) 8.0 : 6.2 : 5.2 : 6.6 : 5.4 : 5.9 : 5.3 : 61/2 : 63/4 : 63/4
TWI (year average) 64.4 : 57.3 : 56.1 : 50.4 : 50.3 : 56.4 : 63.6 : 653/4 : 651/4 : 61
Output GDP (production, annual average % change) 1.5 : 0.4 : 4.8 : 2.7 : 3.3 : 4.4 : 3.6 : 4 : 2 : 21/4
GDP (production, March qtr to March qtr) 0.2 : 2.5 : 5.7 : 1.2 : 3.9 : 4.2 : 4.8 : 21/2 : 2 : 21/2
Output gap (% of potential GDP, year average) 0.1 : -1.9 : 0.3 : 0.2 : 0.3 : 1.2 : 1.2 : 13/4 : 1/4 : -1
Labour market Total employment 0.1 : 0.7 : 1.5 : 2.3 : 3.5 : 1.5 : 3.1 : 13/4 : 1/2 : ¼
Unemployment rate (March qtr, s.a.) 7.1 : 7.1 : 6.3 : 5.4 : 5.2 : 4.9 : 4.3 : 4 41/2 : 5
Trend labour productivity (annual % change) 1.4 : 1.5 : 1.4 : 1.4 : 1.4 : 1.3 : 1.4 : 11/2 : 13/4 : 21/4

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Key balances

Government operating balance (% of GDP, year to June)2.5 : 1.7 : 1.3 : 1.2 : 1.9 : 1.5 : 41/4 : 41/4 : 33/4 : 31/2
Current account balance (% of GDP, year to March)-5.5 : -4.2 : -6.5 : -4.1 : -2.2 : -3.3 : -4.2 : -41/2 : -53/4 : -53/4
Terms of trade (OTI measure, annual average % change)-1.0 : -0.4 : -0.2 : 4.4 : 4.2 : -5.7 : 3.9 : 21/2 : -33/4 ¼
Household savings rate -4.1 : -4.5 : -1.4 : -5.1 : -3.1 : -8.9 : -9 : -10 : -11 : -93/4
(% of disposable income, year to March)

World economy

World GDP (annual average % change)3.5 : 2.0 : 4.2 : 3.7 : 1.4 : 2.9 : 3.3 : 4 : 31/2 : 31/2
World CPI inflation 2.2 : 1.1 : 2.0 : 2.7 : 1.4 : 2.2 : 1.5 : 21/4 : 13/4 : 2

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