Executive Summary Introduction Economy
INTRODUCTION
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The average kiwi consumer will be directly affected. Inflation is expected to continue to push prices higher throughout 2022, with predictions towards 8% for 2022, the highest this century and blowing the previous peaks in 2008 and 2011 out of the water. Housing costs, transport costs and food prices, all basic essentials, will continue to increase. Annually, food prices had increased
Hamilton City Council - 2021 Hamilton Annual Economic Report
Central City
Around 90% of global trade is transported by ship. The ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russian will cause additional disruption to supply chains
In addition, at the time of writing, there were 84 vessels with 553 workers of different nationalities stranded in Ukrainian ports. The stranded ships are mostly bulk carriers and oil tankers according to the International Maritime Organisation.
People
Supply chain disruptions are also expected to continue and both the Russian invasion and China locking down some of its biggest cities is expected to exacerbate this. While much of the world is now learning to live with Covid, China continues to pursue a zero-COVID policy. This has resulted in the lockdown of major trade and financial hubs like Shanghai and Shenzhen in 2022. Unless China moves to a different strategy, lockdowns there are likely to continue and will continue to have flow on effects for global trade.
and add further costs to transporting good through increased fuel prices. Nearly 15% of all sea farers are Russian or Ukrainian, meaning the availability of crews is going to hamper global shipping.
Commercial
The outlook for 2022 and beyond is likely to be bumpy. There are strong headwinds for our economy this year. Around the globe, forecasts are being revised down for economic growth.
Housing
Outlook for 2022
