statistics Archive

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    Government needs to give people choices as prices rise - by frog



    There have been some interesting statistics from StatsNZ over the last couple of days. Seasonally adjusted motor vehicle retail sales are down nearly 15% between April and May this year.  Total retail sales fell for the month by $69 million but that can mostly be attributed to people buying less cars (down by over $100 [...] read more
    July 15, 2008 12:39 pm - 21 Comments
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    Supermarket and grocery store sales - by frog



    These stats from last week’s Retail Trade Survey from Stats NZ are interesting in light of concerns that Jeanette and others have been raising about the role that our supermarket duopoly is playing in putting price pressure on both farmers and consumers.  Looking at this graph the trend for supermarket sales has been steadily tracking [...] read more
    June 15, 2008 8:21 pm - 8 Comments
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    We’re spending less on cars but more on food and credit cards - by frog



    There is some interesting data in the February 2008 Retail Trade Survey results released this morning. The two big industry groups to have a significant impact on the figures were cars and groceries. Our retail sales for February fell $42 million but would have been relatively static except that motor vehicle retailing fell 5.8 percent [...] read more
    April 14, 2008 12:04 pm - 3 Comments
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    Exporting climate change - by frog



    Statistics New Zealand’s release today of Overseas Merchandise Trade for the month of December 2007 reveals the incredible statistic that dairy exports (milk powder, butter and cheese) rose 76.9% from the previous December to exceed $1 billion for a single month, for the first time ever. Our third biggest export for the month of December [...] read more
    January 31, 2008 12:30 pm - 6 Comments
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    The price of food - by frog



    I’ve talked a couple of times in the recent weeks about the global price of food, and its links to peak oil. At the moment the world is experiencing dramatically increasing food prices after decades of falling prices. Interestingly in New Zealand the Department of Statistics latest figures confirm that peak food may be an [...] read more
    December 20, 2007 9:12 am - 22 Comments