Economic reports archive.
The Paris Agreement: What it means for the New Zealand economy.
New Zealand has agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as part...
Q4 Labour Market Review
The unemployment rate plummeted to 5.3% in the December quarter. This was in stark...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Right now the global growth outlook is very divergent. While growth in a number...
Big Wednesday
Regular readers will know that since July last year, Westpac has been forecasting...
NZ Q4 2015 Labour Market Preview
Employment growth is expected to rebound in the December quarter. However, growth...
RBNZ OCR Review, January 2016
The OCR remained on hold at 2.5% at today’s OCR Review. The RBNZ warned...
Clear cut - RBNZ OCR preview
The Reserve Bank is unlikely to change the Official Cash Rate at this Thursday’s review...
Clear cut
Since July last year we have consistently predicted that the Reserve Bank would...
NZ Consumer Price Index review, Q4 2015
Consumer prices were even softer than expected, falling 0.5% over the December...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Dairy prices fell 1.4% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. While this...
NZIER Quarterly Survey of Opinion, December 2015
Business confidence improved in late 2015 after a notable slowdown in the first half...
A slippery slope?
As New Zealanders drag their feet out of the sand and plant them firmly back under...