Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 1 What is wealth? And how it affects older people presentation to Opportunities of Ageing Conference Dr Ganesh Nana Chief Economist Business and Economic Research Ltd 10 April 2013
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 2 Economics and wealth is all about liquidity swap rates house prices interest rates inflation leverage debt hedge funds ratings
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 3 Wealth is … liquidity swap rates house prices interest rates inflation leverage debt hedge funds ratings people machinery & equipment land buildings water technology skills & knowledge experience businesses networks innovation iwi whānau
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 4 … and economics is about … how we (choose to) use resources (wealth) to *produce things we want, need, desire *look after, maintain, or replenish resources *improve and/or expand resources consumer benefit investment to replace investment to grow
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 5 Our choices in using wealth
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 6 Wealth individual perspective financial health and physical social participation life experiences
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 7 Wealth accumulation as we age liquid financial
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 8 Wealth accumulation as we age illiquid financial
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 9 Wealth accumulation as we age health and physical
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 10 Wealth accumulation as we age social participation
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 11 Wealth accumulation as we age life experiences
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 12 Wealth accumulation as we age
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 13 Drivers of accumulation of wealth
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 14 Drivers of wealth liquid financial income *education opportunities *employment opportunities *abilities financial literacy *understanding *opportunities luck
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 15 Drivers of wealth illiquid financial spending behaviour savings habits *home ownership options family circumstances financial literacy *understanding *opportunities luck
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 16 Drivers of wealth health and physical lifestyle and diet family history / circumstances housing situation *living conditions *physical environment income luck
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 17 Drivers of wealth social participation family circumstances social situation *isolated or connected? status of wider networks *schools *business *community income luck
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 18 Drivers of wealth life experiences family networks *schools, business, community passion and/or opportunity to explore income luck
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 19 Drivers of wealth... and, finally... endowments *whakapapa *status or history *knowledge or understanding *financial
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 20 Or, is wealth … collective *family *whānau *iwi nation
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 28 Business investment as % of GDP
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 29 Government investment as % of GDP
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 30 Labour force participation rate
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 31 Labour force participation rate – 60-65yos
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 32 Labour force participation rate – 65+yos
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 33 Govt education expenditure as % of GDP
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 34 O pportunities of ageing to contribute to accumulation of wealth across all dimensions *life experiences *social participation *health and physical *financial *and collective and so to improve (increase) resources available for nation to make its choices
Opportunities of Ageing Conference – slide 35 NZ 2012 population but the next 25 yrs ??? man drought