Economic reports archive.

Household debt levels now higher than before the financial crisis

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

Market pricing for a cut at the 28 April OCR review has receded a little in the last week...

18 Apr 2016 Weekly Commentary

After an avalanche of interesting information, the Home Truths team has...

15 Apr 2016 Housing

We expect a 0.1% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the March quarter...

13 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Although the New Zealand economy recorded solid growth in the latter half of...

11 Apr 2016 Weekly Commentary

Last week Westpac Economics released an Industry Insight report on the...

06 Apr 2016 Agri

The indicators for February provided more evidence of a slow start to the year for...

05 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Businesses reported solid results over the last three months, suggesting some...

05 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week, two separate confidence surveys reconfirmed our view that a dichotomy...

04 Apr 2016 Weekly Commentary

Employment confidence improved further in the March quarter, and now sits a little...

04 Apr 2016 Confidence surveys

Dairy’s woes have re-emerged as the major factor affecting regional economic...

30 Mar 2016 Confidence surveys