Statistics

Quarterly Employment Survey

Key facts
In the December 2012 quarter compared with the September 2012 quarter:

Wage

Labour cost index (LCI) salary and wage rates, which include overtime, increased 1.8 percent in the year to the December 2012 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.

Retail Trade Survey

In December 2012, retail sales volumes had their strongest quarterly increase in six years, Statistics New Zealand said today.

RTS

Shoppers in New Zealand spent less in retail stores in the September quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.

PPI

Prices received by New Zealand producers, as measured by the output producers price index (PPI), fell 0.9 percent in the September 2012 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.

The price of purchasing new capital items rose 0.3 percent in the September 2012 quarter, compared with the June 2012 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.

The volume of retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3 percent in the June 2012 quarter, Statistics New
Zealand said today.

GDP

Economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), grew 1.1 percent in the first three months of 2012, Statistics New Zealand said today.

Key facts

  • The capital goods price index (CGPI) was unchanged in the March 2012 quarter.

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