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8 Oct 2013
Flash: New Zealand's QSBO business confidence remains resilient - ANZ
FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - New Zealand's QSBO business confidence remained resilient, with general business sentiment (+32 sa) at a very robust level, note Mark Smith and Sharon Zöllner, Senior Economists at ANZ.
Key Quotes
"Details of the Q3 QSBO survey signalled a solid pace of annual growth momentum over 2013. Growth is uneven, but firming outside of Canterbury."
"Building work is steady, but new orders and employment slowed, with the weaker result attributed to softer readings for Canterbury. Manufacturers’ output assessments eased, retail strengthened from low levels, and services volumes increased further – this sector was an outperformer in Q2 GDP."
"While contained pricing intentions remain consistent with a soft inflation starting point, capacity-based metrics highlight tensions going forward."
"There was little in today’s data that will have surprised the Reserve Bank. The spirit of the QSBO is that increasing pressures on capacity are likely to prompt OCR hikes, but this continues to be a 2014 story."
Key Quotes
"Details of the Q3 QSBO survey signalled a solid pace of annual growth momentum over 2013. Growth is uneven, but firming outside of Canterbury."
"Building work is steady, but new orders and employment slowed, with the weaker result attributed to softer readings for Canterbury. Manufacturers’ output assessments eased, retail strengthened from low levels, and services volumes increased further – this sector was an outperformer in Q2 GDP."
"While contained pricing intentions remain consistent with a soft inflation starting point, capacity-based metrics highlight tensions going forward."
"There was little in today’s data that will have surprised the Reserve Bank. The spirit of the QSBO is that increasing pressures on capacity are likely to prompt OCR hikes, but this continues to be a 2014 story."