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New Zealand GDP Growth Rate

New Zealand GDP Growth Rate 19 September 2018

New Zealand GDP Growth Rate 19 September 2018: 1% for Q2 2018, above the 0.7% forecast and up from 0.5% in Q1 2018. It is the highest reading since Q3 2016. 6 of the last 12 releases came in above the forecast. It was released on Wed 19 Sep 2018 at 22:45 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Statistics New Zealand. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
1%
Q2 2018
Forecast
0.7%
The market consensus
Previous
0.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: Growth above forecast usually supports the NZD as traders price a more resilient economy and potentially higher rates for longer.

New Zealand GDP Growth Rate 19 September 2018: 1% for Q2 2018 against a 0.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
19 Sep 2018Q21%0.7%0.5%
20 Jun 2018Q10.5%0.5%0.6%
14 Mar 2018Q40.6%0.7%0.6%
20 Dec 2017Q30.6%0.5%1.0%
20 Sep 2017Q20.8%0.8%0.6%
14 Jun 2017Q10.5%0.7%0.4%
15 Mar 2017Q40.4%0.7%0.8%
21 Dec 2016Q31.1%0.9%0.7%
14 Sep 2016Q20.9%1.1%0.9%
15 Jun 2016Q10.7%0.5%0.9%
16 Mar 2016Q40.9%0.6%0.9%
16 Dec 2015Q30.9%0.8%0.3%
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