Economic reports archive.

Home Truths

This month, Home Truths takes a closer look at how various possible tax changes would...

21 Jun 2018 Housing

The current account deficit widened to 2.8% of GDP in March. Exports fell sharply...

20 Jun 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

While New Zealand’s deer industry is considerably smaller than the traditional...

20 Jun 2018 Agri

Consumer confidence fell in June, taking it slightly below its long-run average...

20 Jun 2018 Confidence surveys

The Tax Working Group is investigating changes to the tax system...

19 Jun 2018 Research papers

Recent data has reinforced our view that the drivers of New Zealand’s economic...

18 Jun 2018 Weekly Commentary

New Zealand’s economic growth appears to have slowed further in the first quarter...

15 Jun 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

In previous years, New Zealand was an outperformer on the global stage...

11 Jun 2018 Weekly Commentary

Recently, Westpac Economics took an in-depth look at New Zealand’s forestry and...

06 Jun 2018 Agri

The Reserve Bank has held fire for now on any changes to its restrictions on bank...

05 Jun 2018 Weekly Commentary

At seven years old, New Zealand’s economic expansion is now entering its “mature”...

29 May 2018 Economic Overview

New Zealand’s economic expansion has entered a more ‘mature’ phase. While GDP...

28 May 2018 Weekly Commentary