Economic reports archive.

The clouds darken

With global dairy prices still under pressure, mounting signs that the Canterbury...

06 Jul 2015 Weekly Commentary

Dairy prices fell another 5.9% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, taking the...

02 Jul 2015 Agri

A significant concern for the economic outlook is whether the strength in...

29 Jun 2015 Weekly Commentary

New Zealanders have become less confident about the health of the labour market...

29 Jun 2015 Confidence surveys

Consumers’ economic confidence fell in the June quarter to its lowest level in more...

25 Jun 2015 Confidence surveys

A surprisingly weak GDP outturn has strengthened the Reserve Bank’s case for...

22 Jun 2015 Weekly Commentary

Consumer confidence fell to 113.0 in the June quarter. This is the lowest level since...

22 Jun 2015 Confidence surveys

The current account deficit widened to 3.6% of GDP in the year to March 2015...

17 Jun 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week’s unexpected OCR cut has thrust dairying even further into the economic...

17 Jun 2015 Agri

The Reserve Bank has honed in on the woes of the dairy sector, judging that they pose...

15 Jun 2015 Weekly Commentary

Housing data from the month of May suggested that Auckland house price...

12 Jun 2015 Housing

The Reserve Bank surprised the market by cutting the Official Cash Rate by...

11 Jun 2015 Economic data and RBNZ