Amazing. Thanks David.

I need an intern to pull all these various datasets together!

Nah the guy is embarrassing. Fiscal deficit isn’t stimulus. The discretionary Covid response was big and successful in nz. See tracker from IMF: www.imf.org/en/Topics/im...

Sorry haven’t been active here for a bit. The app fell off my front page. But yeah it was a first foray into this. There was really great support from the facilities managers and the funders were not involved in the work as per usual :)

And most of this decline in GDP per capita is because business profits have slumped. Worker compensation has gone sideways.

The NZ shifts are broadly in line with global agriculture price trends. Which have eased from peak at start of Russia-Ukraine war, but remain much higher than pre-pandemic times. Suggests food prices won't get much cheaper, but should not rise too much in the next year. (3/3)

The rate of food price inflation is moderating. The levels vs inflation rate is quite telling here. Sometimes annual inflation rates don't tell the full story. (2/3)

But prices are down from 2 years ago. So there’s no gains to pay tax on. www.qv.co.nz/price-index/

Oh I agree. I guess as a user of said statistical measures, I don’t even look at confidence. Trading activity - basically sales - is a decent proxy for gdp growth.

The headline ‘confidence’ statistic is basically vibes and of no use at all. But the ‘own trading activity’ measure tends to be ok tracking the economy.

Cute. Mine look related when they wear matching clothes 😂

Yes. Have two. One looks like a mini me and the other looks like a mini wife. I am just not that online…too old…