Migration data from New Zealand gets a bit of attention as it is cited in impacts on the price of houses, which in turn apparently has impacts on RBNZ monetary policy
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- Visitor arrivals numbered 193,600 in May 2016, setting a new May record
- Visitor arrivals were up 10 percent from May 2015, driven by an increase in holiday arrivals
- "Holiday
visitor arrivals from China exceeded those from Australia in May
2016," population statistics manager Jo-Anne Skinner said. "This is
only the second time this has ever happened, the first was in February
2015."
In the May 2016 year, visitor arrivals hit a record 3.29 million, up 11 percent from the May 2015 year.
Declining trend in monthly net gain of migrants; annual net gain still breaking records - Seasonally adjusted figures showed a net gain (more arrivals than departures) of 5,500 migrants in May 2016
- Since reaching a peak of 6,200 in November 2015, the seasonally adjusted net gain in migrants has averaged 5,700 a month.
