Economic reports archive.

Economic impact of increased bank capital requirements

The Reserve Bank has remained steadfast that it will require banks to hold...

06 Dec 2019 Research papers

Last week brought a grab-bag of data releases that were mostly on the positive...

02 Dec 2019 Weekly Commentary

Retail spending rose by 1.6% in the September quarter. That was a little above...

26 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Our long-held view has been that, after the economic slowdown over the past...

25 Nov 2019 Weekly Commentary

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction extended a multi-month rebound in prices...

20 Nov 2019 Agri

Having endured the chill winds of a slowdown, it is nice to see signs of spring...

19 Nov 2019 Economic Overview

Last week the Reserve Bank surprised markets (again) by keeping the Official...

18 Nov 2019 Weekly Commentary

The RBNZ kept the OCR on hold at 1.0%. Markets were shocked, but we are less...

13 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

The New Zealand economy has been slowing since 2016, and that came through...

11 Nov 2019 Weekly Commentary

We expect the RBNZ to keep the OCR unchanged at the November MPS...

08 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the September quarter...

06 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction saw healthy gains, the recent modest...

06 Nov 2019 Agri