The last time overall manufacturing sales came close to 6% year-on-year was a 5.7% rise in the value of sales in 2004. With special feature audio.
Rob Hosking Thu, 08 Sep 2016
The latest manufacturing data is encouraging some economists to pick a strong GDP number when quarterly growth figures come out next week.
The economic survey of manufacturing, released by Statistics New Zealand, shows a sizable rebound in output over the June quarter and it could push the