Story: Business cycles

New Zealand, Australian and US business cycles, 1960–2007

Despite New Zealand’s heavy dependence on the international economy, its business cycles do not correspond very closely to those of its major trading partners. This graph shows only the timing of the low and high points of each country’s business cycles, not the amplitude.

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Sources: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, National Bureau of Economic Research; Viv Hall and John McDermott, A quarterly post-World War II real GDP series for New Zealand. Wellington: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust, 2007.

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Viv B. Hall, 'Business cycles - New Zealand’s business cycles', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/24164/new-zealand-australian-and-us-business-cycles-1960-2007 (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Viv B. Hall, published 11 Mar 2010