Economic reports archive.

Dual meaning

The Reserve Bank’s new Policy Targets Agreement (PTA) reflects the...

03 Apr 2018 Weekly Commentary

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

29 Mar 2018 Confidence surveys

Chief Economist Dominick Stephens recently returned from a two week tour of Europe...

27 Mar 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Today we finally received details on the new Government’s intended changes to the...

26 Mar 2018 Research papers

This week marks the start of a new era at the Reserve Bank. Along with a change...

26 Mar 2018 Weekly Commentary

The Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence Index rose...

26 Mar 2018 Confidence surveys

As expected, the Reserve Bank left the OCR unchanged at 1.75%, and continued to...

22 Mar 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

There has been growing awareness of the rise of synthetic and alternative proteins...

21 Mar 2018 Agri

Consumer confidence has retraced its post-election drop, and is back around...

20 Mar 2018 Confidence surveys

Slower GDP growth was confirmed by last week’s data as the economy shifted...

19 Mar 2018 Weekly Commentary

Acting Governor Spencer’s last OCR decision is likely to be a low-key affair, with no real...

16 Mar 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

December quarter GDP grew by 0.6%, in line with our forecast. We expect growth to...

15 Mar 2018 Economic data and RBNZ