New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed to NZD 3.52 billion in the third quarter of 2020 from a NZD 6.65 billion deficit in the corresponding period of the previous year and compared with market expectations of a NZD 3.65 billion gap. The deficit was mainly explained by a rise in goods imports of NZD 1.1 billion, following the fall in the June 2020 quarter, mainly driven by an increase in car purchases. The services account returned to surplus in the third quarter, due to a NZD 270 million increase in services exports and a NZD 304 million fall in services imports. On an annual basis, the current account deficit for the September 2020 year narrowed to NZD 2.6 billion, compared with a gap of NZD 11.7 billion in the same quarter of the previous year. source: Statistics New Zealand

Current Account in New Zealand averaged -1069.23 NZD Million from 1971 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1909 NZD Million in the second quarter of 2020 and a record low of -6651 NZD Million in the third quarter of 2019. This page provides the latest reported value for - New Zealand Current Account - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. New Zealand Current Account - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2021.

Current Account in New Zealand is expected to be 500.00 NZD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Current Account in New Zealand to stand at -2790.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the New Zealand Current Account is projected to trend around -2400.00 NZD Million in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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New Zealand Current Account

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-3521.00 1909.00 1909.00 -6651.00 1971 - 2020 NZD Million Quarterly
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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-03-17 09:45 PM Q4 NZ$-2.657B NZ$-6.260B NZ$-2.956B NZ$-3.9B
2020-06-16 10:45 PM Q1 NZ$1.56B NZ$-2.77B NZ$1.482B NZ$1.0B
2020-09-15 10:45 PM Q2 NZ$1.828B NZ$1.90B NZ$0.595B NZ$0.7B
2020-12-15 09:45 PM Q3 NZ$-3.52B NZ$1.91B NZ$-3.652B NZ$-2.8B
2021-03-16 09:45 PM Q4 NZ$-3.52B NZ$-2.8B
2021-06-15 10:45 PM Q1
2021-09-15 10:45 PM Q2
2021-12-17 09:45 PM Q3
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New Zealand Current Account Deficit Narrows
New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed to NZD 3.52 billion in the third quarter of 2020 from a NZD 6.65 billion deficit in the corresponding period of the previous year and compared with market expectations of a NZD 3.65 billion gap. The deficit was mainly explained by a rise in goods imports of NZD 1.1 billion, following the fall in the June 2020 quarter, mainly driven by an increase in car purchases. The services account returned to surplus in the third quarter, due to a NZD 270 million increase in services exports and a NZD 304 million fall in services imports. On an annual basis, the current account deficit for the September 2020 year narrowed to NZD 2.6 billion, compared with a gap of NZD 11.7 billion in the same quarter of the previous year.
2020-12-15
New Zealand Current Account Balance Swings to Surplus in Q2
New Zealand’s current account balance switched to a NZD 1.83 billion surplus in the second quarter of 2020 from a NZD 1.47 billion deficit in the corresponding period of the previous year and compared with market expectations of a NZD 0.60 billion surplus. The goods account surplus widened to NZD 3.80 billion from NZD 0.91 billion a year earlier; and the primary income deficit narrowed to NZD 1.33 billion from NZD 2.41 billion. On the other hand, the services balance shifted to a NZD 0.30 billion shortfall from a NZD 0.29 billion surplus; and the secondary income gap increased to NZD 0.34 billion from NZD 0.27 billion in Q2 2019.
2020-09-15
New Zealand Posts Largest Current Account Surplus in Over 3 Years
New Zealand’s current account surplus widened to NZD 1.56 billion in the first quarter of 2020 from NZD 0.72 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year and compared with market expectations of a NZD 1.48 billion surplus. It was the largest current account surplus since the third quarter of 2016, as the goods surplus increased to NZD 0.97 billion from NZD 0.21 billion a year ago. Also, the primary income gap decreased to NZD 2.21 billion from NZD 2.38 billion. On the other hand, the services surplus narrowed slightly to NZD 2.92 billion from NZD 3.04 billion and the secondary income shortfall went down to NZD 0.12 billion from NZD 0.14 billion.
2020-06-16
New Zealand Current Account Deficit Narrows in Q4
New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed to NZD 2.66 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019 from NZD 3.61 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year and compared with market expectations of a NZD 2.96 billion gap. The goods shortfall declined to NZD 1.50 billion from NZD 1.84 billion a year ago and the services surplus rose slightly to NZD 0.97 billion from NZD 0.96 billion. Also, the primary income gap decreased to NZD 2.05 billion from NZD 2.71 billion. Meanwhile, the secondary income deficit went up to NZD 0.07 billion from NZD 0.02 billion. Considering full 2019, the country's current account gap went down to NZD 9.95 billion from NZD 11.52 billion in 2018. New Zealand's stats agency also reported that the economic impact of COVID-19 on New Zealand will first appear in the balance of payments statistics in the March 2020 quarter, to be released 17 June 2020.
2020-03-17

New Zealand Current Account
Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid).