Economic reports archive.

Dry run

The undertone of last week’s data was that the New Zealand economy remains...

23 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

Dairy prices rose another 10% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, including...

18 Feb 2015 Agri

Real retail sales accelerated further in the December quarter, rising 1.7%...

16 Feb 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

In recent weeks we have variously discussed the impact on the economy of plunging...

16 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

Housing market activity positively surged after last year’s election had passed...

13 Feb 2015 Housing

The balance of activity indicators remained strong through November and December...

11 Feb 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

As we developed this Economic Overview, two powerful themes pervaded our...

10 Feb 2015 Economic Overview

Following recent sharp falls in oil prices and the related softening in the inflation...

09 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

Although unemployment unexpectedly rose in December, conditions in the labour...

04 Feb 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

The emerging drought in New Zealand is now clearly having an effect on dairy...

04 Feb 2015 Agri

For some time the big story in the world of economics has been plunging global oil...

02 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

The robust domestic economy is supporting increases in employment. But it is also...

30 Jan 2015 Economic data and RBNZ