Economic reports archive.

Devil and the deep blue sea

The latest labour market figures confirm that the New Zealand economy is doing...

09 May 2016 Weekly Commentary

After a relatively soft patch in February, the economy’s performance over March...

05 May 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

The unemployment rate rebounded in the March quarter, lifting to 5.7%. But this only...

04 May 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

In last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, the headline price index fell 1.4%...

04 May 2016 Agri

All eyes were firmly on the RBNZ’s OCR review last week. In the lead up, markets...

02 May 2016 Weekly Commentary

Indications are that the labour market started the year in good health. We expect...

29 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

As expected, the OCR remained unchanged at 2.25% at today’s OCR Review...

28 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

The highlight of the coming week will be the RBNZ’s April interest rate review...

26 Apr 2016 Weekly Commentary

The RBNZ is most likely to keep the OCR on hold next week, but to signal an OCR cut...

21 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

International dairy prices rose 3.8% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...

20 Apr 2016 Agri

Household debt is rising fast. Relative to incomes, household debt levels are now...

20 Apr 2016 Research papers

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in the March quarter, slightly ahead of market...

18 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ