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New Zealand Trade Balance 2023-12-14 11:45 Pacific/Auckland: data, chart, and analysis

The 2023-09-30 Trade Balance release printed -5,567.00. The previous reading was 460, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
-5,567.00
Previous
460
Forecast
--
Public release ID
nzd_trade_balance_2023-12-14

New Zealand Trade Balance release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

New Zealand Trade Balance chart through 2023-09-30
NZD Trade Balance readings through 2023-09-30. Latest: -5,567.00.

Trade Balance release read

The 2023-09-30 Trade Balance release printed -5,567.00. The previous reading was 460, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The parent Trade Balance page shows the full time series for New Zealand. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For NZD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID nzd_trade_balance_2023-12-14
API announcement ID nzd_trade_balance_2023-09-30
Release time
2023-12-13 22:45 UTC
Reference period date 2023-09-30
Actual value -5,567.00
Previous value 460
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1702507500

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full New Zealand Trade Balance history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Newer release

2024-03-21 11:45 Pacific/Auckland · -3,255.00

Older release

2023-09-21 10:45 Pacific/Auckland · 460

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Producer Price Index (PPI)

Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1702507500,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2023-12-14T11:45:00+13:00",
  "announcement_id": "nzd_trade_balance_2023-09-30",
  "date": "2023-09-30",
  "observation_id": "nzd_trade_balance_canonical_level_default_standard_period_2023-09-30",
  "pct_change_qoq": -1310.22,
  "pct_change_yoy": 4.43,
  "previous_value": 460.0,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1696050000,
      "val": -5567.0
    },
    {
      "epoch": 1702507500,
      "val": -5567.0
    }
  ],
  "val": -5567.0
}