Mood of the Boardroom: Business confidence hits nine-year high
New Zealand Herald · Tim McCready ·
Domestic business optimism has surged, although global confidence has slipped further.
New Zealand’s top business leaders have rediscovered their optimism about the domestic economy. Confidence has climbed past the nine-year high recorded in 2024.
Respondents to the Herald’s 2026 Mood of the Boardroom survey rated their confidence in the New Zealand economy at 3.37/5, on a scale where 1 represents “muchless optimistic” than a year ago and 5 represents “much more optimistic”. That’s a sharp rebound from last year’s 2.82/5 and above the 3.23/5 recorded in 2024.
More than half (56%) of respondents are more optimistic than they were a year ago, including 10% who are much more optimistic. Just 22% are less optimistic.
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