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Tradable and non-tradable goods and services, 2000–2008

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This graph compares price changes of goods sold in a competitive international market (tradable goods) and those sold in a local, less competitive, market (non-tradable). It suggests that the price increases of non-tradable items tended to be greater than for the tradable items.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Adolf Stroombergen, Prices and inflation – Changes in relative prices, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/23095/tradable-and-non-tradable-goods-and-services-2000-2008 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Adolf Stroombergen, published 15 February 2010.