![THE CHART: Productivity growth heading in the wrong direction](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_393,w_700,q_100/ROad-construction-worker-0.webp)
Economy
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THE CHART: Productivity growth heading in the wrong direction
Despite years of research and investment, NZ's labour productivity growth rate still appears to be declining.
![Winners and losers: Beyond the headline jobs number](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/Apprentice-training-comped-HV-Victoria-Jacob-DSC00111-8.webp)
Economy
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Winners and losers: Beyond the headline jobs number
The situation is far rosier than expected, but the labour market bounce-back is not being felt evenly across the economy.
![Who are the 12,000?](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/covid-airport-P.webp)
Coronavirus
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Who are the 12,000?
An average of 12,000 people arrive into NZ each month and enter MIQ. What do we know about them?
![THE CHART: The economic outlook for 2021](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/bigfourbanks-5.webp)
Economy
THE CHART
THE CHART: The economic outlook for 2021
The economy will grow in 2021 forecasters predict, but how strong that growth is depends on who you ask.
![THE CHART: How much more to buy a house where you live?](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/Hobsonville-houses-sold-sign-q.webp)
![Towns that tourism forgot](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/Patea-PO.webp)
![Which business leaders took a pay cut?](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/RossTaylor-i.webp)
![Can LVRs make a dent in housing demand?](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/property-house-housing-i.webp)
![How NZ's economy continued to defy the forecasts in 2020](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/shopping-bags-auckland-consumer-retail-6.webp)