Australia & New Zealand Award Winners
The FocusEconomics 10th Anniversary Analyst Forecast Awards celebrate a decade of recognising the world’s most accurate economic forecasters. Below are the top three ranked forecasters for each indicator across the Australia & New Zealand region, covering 2 countries.
GDP
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
Credit Agricole
Research Team
|
UBS
George Tharenou
|
KBC
Dieter Guffens
|
| New Zealand |
ANZ
ANZ Research
|
Westpac NZ
Michael Gordon
|
Nomura
Andrew Ticehurst
|
2 countries
Inflation
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
HSBC
Paul Bloxham
|
KBC
Dieter Guffens
|
United Overseas Bank
Research Team
|
| New Zealand |
HSBC
Paul Bloxham / Jamie Culling
|
Kiel Institute
Research Team
|
Fitch Ratings
Sagarika Chandra, Jeremy Zook
|
2 countries
Current Account
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
Oxford Economics
Ben Udy
|
UBS
George Tharenou
|
HSBC
Paul Bloxham
|
| New Zealand |
Westpac NZ
Darren Gibbs
|
HSBC
Paul Bloxham / Jamie Culling
|
Oxford Economics
Ben Udy
|
2 countries
Fiscal Balance
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
Citigroup Global Mkts
Josh Williamson
|
Nomura
Andrew Ticehurst
|
Capital Economics
Marcel Thieliant, Abhijit Surya
|
1 countries
Exchange Rate
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
DekaBank
Research Team
|
EIU
Nick Marro
|
Julius Baer
David Alexander Meier
|
| New Zealand |
S&P Global Ratings
Vishrut Rana
|
Capital Economics
Jonas Goltermann, Tom Matthews
|
ANZ
ANZ Research
|
2 countries
Interest Rate
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
Nomura
Andrew Ticehurst
|
ANZ
ANZ Research
|
Capital Economics
Marcel Thieliant, Abhijit Surya
|
| New Zealand |
Capital Economics
Abhijit Surya
|
ANZ
ANZ Research
|
Oxford Economics
Ben Udy
|
2 countries
Unemployment
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
EIU
Nick Marro
|
Kiel Institute
Research Team
|
S&P Global Ratings
Louis Kuijs
|
| New Zealand |
UBS
Stephen Wu
|
United Overseas Bank
Research Team
|
Fitch Ratings
Sagarika Chandra, Jeremy Zook
|
2 countries
Overall
| Country | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
Nomura
Andrew Ticehurst
|
HSBC
Paul Bloxham
|
Scotiabank
Research Team
|
| New Zealand |
ANZ
ANZ Research
|
Capital Economics
Abhijit Surya
|
UBS
Stephen Wu
|
2 countries
Rankings determined by FocusEconomics’ proprietary accuracy methodology. Where two forecasters achieved equal accuracy, both are listed at the same rank.