Economic reports archive.

NZ retail sales, Q1 2015

Real retail sales surged in the March quarter. The lift was unusually wide-spread...

14 May 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

We propose an explanation for Auckland’s recent house price surge that matches the...

14 May 2015 Housing

In this Economic Overview we are calling the end of the RBNZ’s hiking cycle...

12 May 2015 Economic Overview

The latest labour market data highlighted that the New Zealand economy is...

11 May 2015 Weekly Commentary

Labour demand has remained strong, resulting in solid employment growth in...

06 May 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

The March quarter trade figures, released last week, provide an opportunity to...

06 May 2015 Agri

The domestic economy appears to have shaken off its slightly wobbly start to...

05 May 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week the Reserve Bank gave the official stamp of approval to the sentiments...

04 May 2015 Weekly Commentary

We expect that the unemployment rate will push down to 5.5% in early 2015 as...

01 May 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Today’s OCR Review gave the official stamp of approval to last week’s speech...

30 Apr 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week we finally witnessed the 16-year low in inflation we had been awaiting...

28 Apr 2015 Weekly Commentary

In a speech this week the RBNZ shifted to a slightly more dovish monetary...

24 Apr 2015 Economic data and RBNZ