Economic Bulletin

Welcome to the December 2024 Economic Bulletin. We have two monthly features in this edition. In the first, we discuss what the Half Year Economic… Read More »Economic Bulletin December 2024

Welcome to the October/November 2024 Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature we look at the current state of the labour market, how it has changed… Read More »Economic Bulletin October – November 2024

Welcome to the August/September 2024 Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature we provide an analysis of the gender pay gap in New Zealand for 2024.… Read More »Economic Bulletin August/September 2024

Welcome to the July 2024 Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature we discuss the child poverty reduction targets announced by the government recently. Under the… Read More »Economic Bulletin July 2024

Welcome to the June 2024 Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature we compare the current, ‘post-COVID’, recession to the other significant recessions of the last… Read More »Economic Bulletin June 2024

Welcome to the May 2024 Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature we look at the coalition government’s first Budget, and what it means for working… Read More »Economic Bulletin May 2024

Welcome to the April 2024 NZCTU Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature we look at the link between economic insecurity and support for populist political… Read More »Economic Bulletin April 2024

Welcome to the March 2024 NZCTU Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature we look at the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) that the new government released… Read More »Economic Bulletin March 2024

Welcome to the February 2024 NZCTU Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature, we compare New Zealand’s economic performance over the COVID-19 period against our performance… Read More »Economic Bulletin February 2024

Welcome to the January edition of the Economic Bulletin. In our monthly feature, we discuss the labour market outlook for the year, setting the forecast… Read More »Economic Bulletin January 2024

Welcome to the Christmas edition of the Economic Bulletin. In this edition, we unpack the new government’s “Mini Budget”, which was delivered alongside Treasury’s Half-year… Read More »Economic Bulletin December 2023

Welcome to the October/November edition of the Economic Bulletin. In this edition, we publish the CTU President Richard Wagstaff’s address to the 2023 Biennial Conference.… Read More »Economic Bulletin October/November 2023