The measure of consumer inflationary expectations captures the average householder's expected rate of consumer price changes over the coming twelve months. The Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Inflationary Expectations produces a direct measure of inflationary expectations as consumers are asked whether, and by how much, they believe prices will go up or down. This report is produced monthly.

The Policy Board discusses the economic and financial situation and then decides an appropriate guideline for money market operations at the Monetary Policy Meetings. The Bank releases a summary of economic and financial developments, which form the basis of the decision on the guideline for money market operations, in the Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is based on monthly questionnaire surveys of carefully selected companies which provide an advance indication of what is really happening in the private sector economy by tracking changes in variables such as output, new orders, stock levels, employment and prices across the manufacturing sector. The flash PMI is the first economic indicators for each month, providing accurate evidence of changing economic conditions well ahead of comparable government statistics. The index is presented as an index with a value between 1-100. Values above 50 indicate that the economic outlook is positive. Alternately, readings below 50 mean future outlook is less favourable. The survey is compiled by Markit Economics in association with CDAF (www.cdaf.asso.fr). This is the preliminary estimate.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is based on monthly questionnaire surveys of carefully selected companies which provide an advance indication of what is really happening in the private sector economy by tracking changes in variables such as output, new orders, stock levels, employment and prices across the service sector. The flash PMI is the first economic indicators for each month, providing accurate evidence of changing economic conditions well ahead of comparable government statistics. The index is presented as an index with a value between 1-100. Values above 50 indicate that the economic outlook is positive. Alternately, readings below 50 mean future outlook is less favourable. The survey is compiled by Markit Economics in association with CDAF (www.cdaf.asso.fr). This is the preliminary estimate.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is based on monthly questionnaire surveys of carefully selected companies which provide an advance indication of what is really happening in the private sector economy by tracking changes in variables such as output, new orders, stock levels, employment and prices across the manufacturing sector. The flash PMI is the first economic indicators for each month, providing accurate evidence of changing economic conditions well ahead of comparable government statistics. The index is presented as an index with a value between 1-100. Values above 50 indicate that the economic outlook is positive. Alternately, readings below 50 mean future outlook is less favourable. The survey is compiled by Markit Economics in association with BME (www.bme.de). This is the preliminary estimate.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is based on monthly questionnaire surveys of carefully selected companies which provide an advance indication of what is really happening in the private sector economy by tracking changes in variables such as output, new orders, stock levels, employment and prices across the service sector. The flash PMI is the first economic indicators for each month, providing accurate evidence of changing economic conditions well ahead of comparable government statistics. The index is presented as an index with a value between 1-100. Values above 50 indicate that the economic outlook is positive. Alternately, readings below 50 mean future outlook is less favourable. The survey is compiled by Markit Economics in association with BME (www.bme.de). This is the preliminary estimate.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is based on monthly questionnaire surveys of carefully selected companies which provide an advance indication of what is really happening in the private sector economy by tracking changes in variables such as output, new orders, stock levels, employment and prices across the manufacturing sector. The flash PMI is the first economic indicators for each month, providing accurate evidence of changing economic conditions well ahead of comparable government statistics. The index is presented as an index with a value between 1-100. Values above 50 indicate that the economic outlook is positive. Alternately, readings below 50 mean future outlook is less favourable. The survey is compiled by Markit Economics. This is the preliminary estimate.

Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) is based on monthly questionnaire surveys of carefully selected companies which provide an advance indication of what is really happening in the private sector economy by tracking changes in variables such as output, new orders, stock levels, employment and prices across the service sector. The flash PMI is the first economic indicators for each month, providing accurate evidence of changing economic conditions well ahead of comparable government statistics. The index is presented as an index with a value between 1-100. Values above 50 indicate that the economic outlook is positive. Alternately, readings below 50 mean future outlook is less favourable. The survey is compiled by Markit Economics. This is the preliminary estimate.

The index measures monthly changes in the value of sales of major retail outlets. The value of sales is defined as the total amount billed to consumers including VAT, interest on credit sales and additional charges for delivery but excluding discounts. The total sample includes about 8 000 enterprises distributed in 16 000 sale centres in the national territory in order to guarantee that main geographical areas are represented in the sample. Large retail outlets are covered. These are department stores, chain stores and co-operatives with 20 employees and more. Hard discount stores and mini markets are included in the survey. This is the percentage change compared with the previous month.

The index measures monthly changes in the value of sales of major retail outlets. The value of sales is defined as the total amount billed to consumers including VAT, interest on credit sales and additional charges for delivery but excluding discounts. The total sample includes about 8 000 enterprises distributed in 16 000 sale centres in the national territory in order to guarantee that main geographical areas are represented in the sample. Large retail outlets are covered. These are department stores, chain stores and co-operatives with 20 employees and more. Hard discount stores and mini markets are included in the survey. This is the percentage change compared with the corresponding period in the previous year.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an integral part of the UK national accounts and provides a measure of the total economic activity in a region. GDP is often referred to as one of the main 'summary indicators' of economic activity and references to 'growth in the economy' are quoting the growth in GDP during the latest quarter. 2nd estimate: Output Income and Expenditure - based on information from all approaches - published eight weeks after the end of the quarter. Provides information on the level of GDP as well as the growth in GDP.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is an integral part of the UK national accounts and provides a measure of the total economic activity in a region. GDP is often referred to as one of the main 'summary indicators' of economic activity and references to 'growth in the economy' are quoting the growth in GDP during the latest quarter. 2nd estimate: Output Income and Expenditure - based on information from all approaches - published eight weeks after the end of the quarter. Provides information on the level of GDP as well as the growth in GDP.

A quarterly survey to collect capital expenditure for various industry groups by asset, where applicable. It is a survey with a total sample size of 32 000 covering the private sector. Value of new building work and computer software together with acquisitions and disposals of land, existing buildings, vehicles, other capital expenditure and computer hardware for the quarter are collected.

A quarterly survey to collect capital expenditure for various industry groups by asset, where applicable. It is a survey with a total sample size of 32 000 covering the private sector. Value of new building work and computer software together with acquisitions and disposals of land, existing buildings, vehicles, other capital expenditure and computer hardware for the quarter are collected.

The monthly Index of Services (IoS) shows the monthly movements in gross value added for the service industries. Service industries overall account for around 75 per cent of UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and includes private sector and government services. Gross value added (GVA) is an important element in measuring the economy. GVA for the service industries is the difference between the value of a service provided (output), and the value of the goods and services used up in providing that service (intermediate consumption). The IoS shows how this difference in value changes from month to month.

The headline figure, expressed in billions of EUR, is the value of exports to Non European Union countries minus the value of imports from those countries. A positive value represents a trade surplus while a negative value amounts to a trade deficit.

Initial Jobless Claims is a report issued by the U.S. Department of Labour on a weekly basis. 'Initial Claim' means any notice of unemployment filed to request a determination of entitlement to and eligibility for compensation or a second or subsequent period of unemployment with a benefit year or period of eligibility. This report tracks how many claims have been registered for the previous week. It is a good gauge of the U.S. job market.

Markit Flash U.S. Manufacturing PMI. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is a composite index based on five of the individual indexes: New Orders, Output, Employment, Suppliers’ Delivery Times, Stocks of Items Purchased. Diffusion indexes have the properties of leading indicators and are convenient summary measures showing the prevailing direction of change. An index reading above 50 indicates an overall increase in that variable, below 50 an overall decrease. The flash estimate is typically based on approximately 85%–90% of total PMI survey responses each month and is designed to provide an accurate advance indication of the final PMI data. Data are collected and published by Markit Economics (www.markiteconomics.com).

The HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancing on the same properties. This information is obtained by reviewing repeat mortgage transactions on single-family properties whose mortgages have been purchased or securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac since January 1975. This is the percentage change compared with the previous month.

Estimates of new single-family houses sold and for sale are obtained from the Survey of Construction (SOC). SOC is comprised of two parts: (1) Survey of Use of Permits (SUP) which estimates the amount of new home sales in areas that require a building permit and (2) Non-permit Survey (NP) which estimates the amount of new home sales in areas that do not require a building permit. A house is considered sold when either a sales contract has been signed or a deposit accepted. Included in the estimates are houses for which a sales contract is signed or deposit accepted before construction has actually started. The estimates also include houses sold while under construction or after completion. The survey does not follow through to the completion ('closing') of the sales transaction, so even if the transaction is not finalized, the house is still considered sold. A house is considered for sale when a permit to build has been issued in permit-issuing places or work has begun on the footings or foundation in nonpermit areas and a sales contract has not been signed nor a deposit accepted.

It is one of the components of the Economic Sentiment Indicator. The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) is a composite indicator made up of five sectoral confidence indicators with different weights: Industrial confidence indicator, Services confidence indicator, Consumer confidence indicator, Construction confidence indicator Retail trade confidence indicator. Confidence indicators are arithmetic means of seasonally adjusted balances of answers to a selection of questions closely related to the reference variable they are supposed to track (e.g. industrial production for the industrial confidence indicator). Surveys are defined within the Joint Harmonized EU Program of Business and Consumer Surveys. European Commission provides preliminary data two weeks before the final report.

This report tracks U.S. natural gas inventories held in underground storage facilities. The weekly stocks generally are the volumes of working gas as of the report date. Changes in reported stock levels reflect all events affecting working gas in storage, including injections, withdrawals, and reclassifications between base and working gas. The estimates are released on Thursday at 15:30 GMT.

Data is obtained from export and import entry documents lodged with the New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS). Exports (including re-exports) are valued fob (free on board) and are shown in New Zealand dollars. Estimated values are used for goods that are not already sold at the time of export entry lodgement Imports are valued at cif (cost including insurance and freight) and are shown in New Zealand dollars. Trade balance values are calculated by deducting imports (cif) from exports (fob).