Economic reports archive.
RBNZ OCR preview, March 2017 – The little engine that could?
We expect the Reserve Bank to hold the OCR at 1.75% and to maintain a neutral...
Q4 GDP Review, March 2017
GDP rose by 0.4% in the December quarter, a touch below our forecasts, with a...
Q4 BOP Review, March 2017
The current account deficit narrowed to 2.7% of GDP in the year to December...
A little less glossy
Recent developments signal a little less momentum in the economy than we...
Easing back – NZ GDP and Current Account Preview, Q4 2016
We estimate that GDP rose by a modest 0.5% in the December quarter...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Dairy prices fell 6.3% in last night’s dairy auction, following a 3.2% decline...
People power
Last week we received the first reading of business confidence for the year...
Q4 Building Work Put in Place
Building activity rose 1.9% in the December quarter, and is up 14.5% over the past year...
In the zone
The New Zealand is currently in a sweet spot. The economy has been growing at...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Dairy prices fell 3.2% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, following...
Economic Overview: In the zone
New Zealand finds itself in something of a sweet spot right now. The economy has...
Putting it on the house
In the last week we’ve received news on household spending and the housing...