COVID-19 Reporting
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As part of the Ministry of Social Developments on-going response to COVID-19, weekly, monthly, and other ad hoc reports are released to provide additional information on the income support system.
Previous COVID-19 Releases
Monthly Benefits Update - November 2020 release
Income Support Weekly Update - December 2020 releases
COVID-19 Reporting archive
Previous publications have been archived and can be found below:
Benefit Number Forecasts and Scenarios
The Treasury releases high-level benefit number and expenditure forecasts as part of the Economic and Fiscal Update releases found here.
As part of the Government’s response to COVID-19, MSD is publishing the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) 2020 for:
- central benefit number forecasts for PREFU 2020 which also feed into the planning for Work and Income
- three additional scenarios.
MSD’s benefit number forecasts and scenarios are based on The Treasury’s macro-economic forecasts in August 2020 and scenarios published as part of PREFU 2020.
Previous forecasts
COVID-19 Evidence
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on almost all aspects of life. Our COVID-19 evidence work, often produced rapidly to meet the pace of New Zealand's response to the virus, provides insights into the pandemic's effects on New Zealand's people, society and economy. These can help support the government’s welfare, service and policy decision making around the crisis.
