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New Zealand Manufacturing PMI

New Zealand Manufacturing PMI 12 March 2020

New Zealand Manufacturing PMI 12 March 2020: 53.2 for February 2020, above the 50.3 forecast and against 49.8 in January 2020 (first reported as 49.6). It is the highest of the last 12 releases. 3 of the last 11 releases came in above the forecast. Printed 53.2, above 50. It was released on Thu 12 Mar 2020 at 21:30 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Business 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
53.2
February 2020
Forecast
50.3
The market consensus
Previous
49.8
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: A stronger-than-expected reading, especially one above 50, can modestly support the NZD by suggesting factory activity is recovering.

New Zealand Manufacturing PMI 12 March 2020: 53.2 for February 2020 against a 50.3 forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
12 Mar 2020Feb53.250.349.8
13 Feb 2020Jan49.65149.2
16 Jan 2020Dec49.350.651.4
12 Dec 2019Nov51.449.852.6
14 Nov 2019Oct52.648.448.8
10 Oct 2019Sep48.449.048.4
12 Sep 2019Aug48.4—48.1
15 Aug 2019Jul48.251.851.1
11 Jul 2019Jun51.353.150.4
13 Jun 2019May50.254.452.7
16 May 2019Apr5354.552.0
11 Apr 2019Mar51.954.453.4
The release before:New Zealand Manufacturing PMI 13 February 2020The release after:New Zealand Manufacturing PMI 14 May 2020New Zealand Manufacturing PMI: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar