Business confidence is sliding
Business confidence is sliding
7 October 2025
The Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion from business think tank NZIER shows just 15-percent of firms expect economic conditions to improve.
Almost 25 percent of firms have cut staff in the past three months, and many have slashed investment in buildings, plants and machinery.
More than half report their biggest constraint is low sales.
About one in ten firms have been raising prices, but many building firms have had to charge less.
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