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据 9月16日新西兰财政部消息，新西兰政府将强势支持疫情反弹的DOVID基金补充。财部长格兰特·罗伯逊说:”在最近变种的COVID-19疫情爆发前，经济显示出强劲的势头，这预示着经济有稳步及复苏迹象。
6月份GDP增长2.8%，高于前一季度1.4%的增幅。这个结果比大多数预测者预测的还要好得多。财政部曾预测5月份预算案将增长0.8% ，而经济评论员利用最新数据预测增长1.2%左右。在国际上，经合组织的平均值为1.6%，这是一个非常积极的结果，显示了新西兰人对我们经济复苏路线图的信心。
这是我们自1999年以来看到的最强劲的季度增长(不包括2020年9月增长)。 2021年6月的季度经济比2019年12月前季度增长4.3%”格兰特·罗伯逊说。”家庭支出依然高涨，电子和家具、外出就餐和度假的零售支出增幅排在前列。占经济三分之二的服务业增长强劲，工程、建筑和咨询服务领域活动增加。在住宅建筑的推动下，建筑业活跃继续上升，而制造业则稳步增长。企业对经济的信心也反映在投资水平上，2019年12月季度投资水平仍高于COVID前水平。这预示着我们走出了限制。这表明我们的科学和卫生主导的计划继续为经济带来作用。我们对这次疫情的迅速和果断反应，包括通过工资补贴等计划提供现金流和信心，也将有助于绑定经济快速上升。
然而，我们确实知道影响是存在的，我们将继续与受影响的部门合作，在这段具有挑战性的时期给予它们支持。 按年率计算，经济增长率为5.1%。经济规模为3400亿纽币″。 格兰特·罗伯逊还说：”新西兰的表现仍然优于与我们相比的许多国家。 新西兰2.8%的季度增长率，相比澳大利亚增长0.7%，美国增长1.6%，日本增长0.5%，加拿大下降0.3%的这些国家增幅都多，只有英国上升了4.8%，因此，扭转了最近经济下降趋势。 格兰特·罗伯逊部长说：”强劲的经济已经反映在政府的账簿上，赤字和债务状况比预期的要低，远远低于我们与之相比的其他国家。
部长们已决定利用更大的财政盈余，再增加70亿纽币以支持应对COVID-19和恢复基金（CRRF）。 此外，基金先前拨付的未支出资金中还有30亿纽币可供使用。我们已经加大了对企业的支持力度，额外资金将用于进一步的经济支持，以及建立卫生系统的抗灾能力，支持疫苗接种的推广以及提供边境和 MIQ 。我们处于强大的经济地位，能够保护生命和生计，并计划逐步和谨慎地向世界其他地区开放新西兰，以确保复苏。我们的重点仍然是保护新西兰人的安全，加快复苏，并处理长期存在的问题，如气候变化、住房和儿童福利，尽管COVID-19的持续影响在全球存在不确定性和波动性”格兰特·罗伯逊说。
NZ economy’s strong momentum will support rebound from Delta outbreak; COVID fund replenished
The economy showed strong momentum in the period leading up to the recent Delta COVID-19 outbreak, which bodes well for a solid economic rebound, Grant Robertson said.
GDP rose 2.8 percent in the June quarter, following on from a 1.4 percent increase in the previous March quarter. This was a significantly better result than most forecasters had predicted. Treasury had forecast a rise of 0.8 percent in May’s Budget, and economic commentators using more recent data had forecast around a 1.2 percent rise. Internationally, the OECD average was 1.6 percent.
“This is a very positive result and shows New Zealanders’ confidence in our economic recovery roadmap. Excluding the September 2020 quarter, this is the strongest quarterly growth that we have seen since 1999. The economy in the June 2021 quarter was 4.3 percent above where it was in the pre-COVID December 2019 quarter,” Grant Robertson said.
“Household spending remained buoyant, led by retail spending on electronics and furniture, eating out and holidays. The services industries, which make up two-thirds of the economy, grew strongly with higher activity in engineering, architectural and consulting services.
“Activity in the construction sector continued to rise, driven by residential building, while there was solid growth in manufacturing. Businesses’ confidence in the economy was also reflected in investment levels, which remained high and above pre-COVID levels in the December 2019 quarter.
“This bodes well as we come out of lockdown. It shows our science and health-led plan has continued to work for the economy. Our quick and decisive response to this outbreak, including providing cashflow and confidence through schemes such as the Wage Subsidy, will also help the economy to rebound quickly again. We do know, however, that the impact has been uneven and we will continue to work with affected sectors to support them in these challenging times.”
On an annual basis, the economy grew 5.1 percent. The size of the economy was $340 billion.
“New Zealand continues to outperform many of the countries we compare ourselves against,” Grant Robertson said.
Compared with New Zealand’s 2.8 percent quarterly growth, Australia rose by 0.7 percent, the United States by 1.6 percent and Japan by 0.5 percent, while Canada declined by 0.3 percent. Only the United Kingdom grew by more, up 4.8 percent, reversing recent falls in activity.
COVID Fund Replenished
“The stronger economy has been reflected in the Government’s books, with lower deficits and debt position than had been predicted, and well below that of other nations that we compare ourselves against,” Grant Robertson said.
“Ministers have decided to use the greater fiscal headroom to top up the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund (CRRF) by an extra $7 billion. There is also an additional $3 billion available to spend from money previously allocated in the fund that has not been spent. We have already boosted support to business in this lockdown and the extra funding will be targeted at further economic support as well as building resilience in our health system, supporting the vaccination rollout and border and MIQ provision.
“We are in a strong economic position to protect lives and livelihoods and plan for the gradual and careful opening up of New Zealand to the rest of the world to secure the recovery. Our focus remains on keeping New Zealanders safe, accelerating the recovery and dealing with long-standing issues such as climate change, housing and child wellbeing despite the uncertainty and volatility globally around the ongoing impact of COVID-19,” Grant Robertson said.
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