Articles tagged Manufacturing

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The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's (NZIER) March Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) showed businesses were at their most confident in 20 years and were trading at similar levels to those seen December 2003 when GDP was growing at nearly 4.5%.

For the fourth year in a row more businesses closed than opened, with manufacturing taking one of the biggest hits, Statistics NZ said in its Business Demographics report for the year to the end of February.