 NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion QSBO.NZIER main points from the report:net 73 percent of businesses expect general economic conditions to deteriorate over the coming months the weakest over the surveys history ie since 1974activity in their own business, a net 13 percent of firms reported a decline in activity over the past quarter. This was the weakest since June 2020 survey when the full impact of the first COVID-19 lockdown was captured 