Kiwi’s Vote With Their Wallet…

A quick look at the very gloomy New Zealand Household Confidence Index.

The News From New Zealand is getting worse and worse (such that next years election result will now be really interesting). The latest is from the Westpac Mcdermott Miller Consumer Confidence survey results released this week.

https://www.westpac.co.nz/assets/Business/tools-rates-fees/documents/economic-updates/2022/Bulletins/Q2-Consumer-conf-Jun-2022-Westpac-NZ.pdf

Confidence among New Zealand households has plummeted, dropping to its lowest levels since we began surveying consumers back in 1988. The Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index fell 13 points in the June quarter to a level of 78.7. Confidence has only come close to these sorts of lows twice before – first during the recession in the early-1990s, and then again during the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/09.

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Author: Martin North

Martin North is the Principal of Digital Finance Analytics

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