Economic reports archive.
NZ building work put in place, September quarter 2017
Construction activity picked up in September, rising by 2.7%. This was mainly...
A case of nerves
With earlier drivers of growth dissipating and big changes in Government policy on the...
RBNZ Financial Stability Report, November 2017
The Reserve Bank has announced a modest loosening of the loan-to-value limits...
Growth slowdown under way
Our latest quarterly Economic Overview, released last week, traces the contours of...
NZ retail spending review, September quarter 2017
Retail sales growth pulled back in September as earlier boosts to spending...
Fortnightly Agri Update
In this update, we explore the usefulness of dairy futures as a tool for New Zealand...
Economic Overview: A new chapter
The election of the new Government marks the start of a new chapter for New Zealand...
Brave new-ish world for RBNZ
New Zealand’s monetary policy framework is approaching its biggest shake up in...
Glass half full
Last week’s Monetary Policy Statement was very much in line with expectations...
Review of the November 2017 Monetary Policy Statement
As expected, the RBNZ left the OCR unchanged and repeated its neutral...
Fortnightly Agri Update
It is music to exporters’ ears when the NZ dollar weakens against our major trading...
How far to full employment?
Last week’s September labour market report painted a slightly stronger picture than...