Economic reports archive.

NZ labour market preview, Q4 2017 – Unemployment declining

We expect a further drop in the unemployment rate to a nine-year low of...

02 Feb 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

The past year has been one of unprecedented consistency from the RBNZ...

01 Feb 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

This report focuses on the international education industry, which is concerned...

01 Feb 2018 Research papers, Industry

With inflation surprising to the downside, we continue to expect that OCR hikes...

30 Jan 2018 Weekly Commentary

Consumer prices rose just 0.1% in the December quarter, with widespread...

25 Jan 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Firms have taken a dimmer view of the economy’s prospects in the early part...

22 Jan 2018 Weekly Commentary

Economic confidence rose in six regions in the December quarter...

19 Jan 2018 Confidence surveys

We expect a 0.4% rise in the December quarter CPI, led by higher prices...

17 Jan 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Business confidence fell in the December quarter. Some of the decline is likely...

16 Jan 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

The Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index rose 0.1 points...

16 Jan 2018 Confidence surveys

With the new year upon us and big changes in economic policy on the cards...

15 Jan 2018 Weekly Commentary

Annual revisions to the GDP figures reveal that economic growth has been...

21 Dec 2017 Economic data and RBNZ