Economic Calendar
Labour Cost Index (YoY)
The Labour Cost Index (LCI), released by Statistics New Zealand, measures changes in salary and wage rates on a year-on-year basis for a fixed quantity and quality of labor input. Service increments, merit promotions, and increases (or decreases) relating to performance of the individual employee are not shown in the index.
Country:New Zealand
Currency:NZD
Frequency:Quarter
Next Event -
Previous
2%
The typical/expected impact on NZD pairs is Low.
Lower numbers than forecast tend to be bullish for xxx/NZD pairs and bearish for NZD/xxx pairs.
Past Events
| Date | Time | Actual | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 February 2026 | 21:45 | 2% | 2% |
| 04 November 2025 | 21:45 | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| 05 August 2025 | 22:45 | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 06 May 2025 | 22:45 | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| 04 February 2025 | 21:45 | 2.9% | 3% |
| 05 November 2024 | 21:45 | 3.4% | 3.4% |
| 06 August 2024 | 22:45 | 3.6% | 3.5% |
| 30 April 2024 | 22:45 | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| 06 February 2024 | 21:45 | 3.9% | 3.8% |
| 31 October 2023 | 21:45 | 4.1% | 4.2% |
| 01 August 2023 | 22:45 | 4.3% | 4.4% |
| 02 May 2023 | 22:45 | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| 31 January 2023 | 21:45 | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| 01 November 2022 | 21:45 | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| 02 August 2022 | 22:45 | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| 03 May 2022 | 22:45 | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| 01 February 2022 | 21:45 | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| 02 November 2021 | 21:45 | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| 03 August 2021 | 22:45 | 2.2% | 2.1% |
| 04 May 2021 | 22:45 | 1.6% | 1.5% |