New Zealand income booms

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By Leith van Onselen

Statistics New Zealand (Stats NZ) has released national accounts data for the June quarter, which revealed 0.7% growth in real GDP over the quarter and 3.5% growth over the year – the highest rate of growth since the year to September 2007.

The growth was largely driven by the services sector:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.