Economic reports archive.

Fortnightly Agri Update

This week Australia and China completed the negotiations for a bilateral free trade...

19 Nov 2014 Agri

Real retail sales rose 1.5% in the September quarter, the biggest increase in over...

17 Nov 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

The latest Financial Stability Report reveals that the Reserve Bank is far from...

17 Nov 2014 Weekly Commentary

Earlier in the year the Reserve Bank said it would review its restrictions on high...

17 Nov 2014 Housing

The Local Knowledge indicators clearly show that the economy has regained its...

12 Nov 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week we released our latest quarterly Economic Overview. As always, it’s...

10 Nov 2014 Weekly Commentary

The unemployment rate fell from 5.6% to 5.4% in the September quarter, its lowest...

05 Nov 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Many years ago we looked at the issue of whether a free-floating New Zealand dollar...

05 Nov 2014 Agri

Like some kind of Houdini, New Zealand appears to have escaped from the...

04 Nov 2014 Economic Overview

As expected, the RBNZ left rates on hold last week and struck a more dovish tone...

03 Nov 2014 Weekly Commentary

The RBNZ’s hiking bias has been watered down, but not eliminated. Today’s...

30 Oct 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Employment growth is expected to have remained firm through the September...

29 Oct 2014 Economic data and RBNZ