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Migration not biggest price driver: Economist

Wednesday 21st of May 2014

The latest data from Statistics NZ shows that monthly net immigration accelerated to more than 4000 in March, a pace that has not been seen since 2003.

Annual net migration is set to surpass 40,000 by the end of the year, as fewer New Zealanders leave the country and more people come back from Australia.

Treasury predictions that immigration could reach 41,500 by the end of the...

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