New Zealand business sentiment jumped to multi-year highs in December, turning positive for the first time since August 2017, an ANZ Bank survey showed on Friday.
The survey's headline measure showed a net 9.4% of respondents expected the economy to improve over the year ahead. It compared with net 6.9% pessimism in the previous poll in November.
A net 21.7% of respondents expected their own businesses to grow in the next 12 months, the highest level since March 2018, compared with 9.1% last month.
(Reporting by Praveen Menon; Editing by Tom Hogue)
