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Vital Statistics

25 Aug 2010

LGNZ Conference BERL wishes to congratulate Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) on its highly successful conference, which was held in Auckland from the 26th to the 28th of July. The conference brought together all of the key decision makers in Local Government. BERL Is especially pleased to have sponsored this year's event which focussed on building prosperous places. As part of the conference, BERL facilitated a workshop on economic »»

Cracks in the edifice widen

23 Feb 2010

The senior research staff of the IMF has published an assessment of world macroeconomic policy over the past 20 years and found it sadly wanting. In fact the obsession with achieving low inflation using ‘policy’ interest rates may well have caused the crisis, and certainly has made overcoming it more difficult.BERL Director Kel Sanderson said “the IMF staff’s assessment makes the same points »»

Seasons greetings from BERL

09 Dec 2009

2009 has been a good year for BERL. We’ve continued to grow in terms of staff, new business and new services. It has been hard work, but very satisfying. While we are aware of our own efforts we are also cognizant of the tremendous importance of all of the clients, suppliers, friends and associates that have supported us this year. It’s been a pleasure to work with you, and we want »»

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09 Apr 2008

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Immigration delivers government $3bn surplus

03 Oct 2007

BERL has just completed a report showing that migrants to New Zealand contributed a net $3.3 billion to the Government's fiscal accounts. Fiscal Impacts of Migration 2005/06 determined that migrants contributed $8.1 billion in income tax, GST and excise duties whereas they consumed $4.8 billion of education, health and welfare. This report estimates a defined fiscal impact of New Zealand's resident migrants on a set of government »»

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Philanthropy release

27 March 2007 - BERL’s latest research report for Philanthropy New Zealand shows New Zealanders are giving an estimated $1.3bn every year to help the communities in which they live. This level of giving by New Zealanders equates to 0.81% of the country’s GDP. It compares favourably with Canada, Australia and the UK. Philanthropy New Zealand chairperson Jennifer Gill says this is the first time such a comprehensive study into giving »»

Giving New Zealand Survey

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this very important survey, which will give philanthropic organisations, charities and policy makers better information on giving in New Zealand. Clicking on the following link will take you directly to the survey site where you can complete the survey online. Take the »»

BERL tops forecasters

31 July 2006 - BERL tops survey of forecasters' GDP performance - Treasury's comparison of the performance of forecasters found BERL ranked first in terms of the accuracy of its GDP forecasts, and third in forecasting the CPI, over the 1996 to 2005 period. "We're happy to leave it to our clients to decide whether they wish to rely on forecast that are precise a few times, or on a forecast that is reliably close all the »»

LGNZ presentation

19 July 2006 - BERL Senior Economist Jason Leung-Wai discussed measuring the economic impact of events, when presenting to this year's Local Government New Zealand Leading Communities conference. Jason outlined the impact of the filming of the Last Samurai in Taranaki and the Pre-Raphaelite Dream exhibition in Dunedin as examples. View his presentation »»

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