Economic reports archive.

Past the sweet spot

Last week’s labour market data raised fresh doubts about the economy’s capacity...

11 Aug 2014 Weekly Commentary

The balance of our indicators was a touch stronger in June compared to May...

06 Aug 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

The unemployment rate fell from 5.9% to 5.6% in the June quarter, its lowest in over...

06 Aug 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Dairy prices tumbled further in last night’s GDT auction. The headline trade...

06 Aug 2014 Agri

Unsettling news continues to emerge from China, and from some of New Zealand’s...

04 Aug 2014 Weekly Commentary

We expect that the recent strong jobs growth continued over the June quarter...

30 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Since Graham Wheeler came to the helm, the Reserve Bank seems to have been...

28 Jul 2014 Weekly Commentary

This OCR Review was very much in line with our expectations. The RBNZ hiked...

24 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

The big news of last week was an 8.9% fall in the GlobalDairyTrade auction...

21 Jul 2014 Weekly Commentary

A spate of weak data has raised legitimate questions about the appropriate pace...

17 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% in the June quarter, just a touch short...

16 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Dairy prices fell 8.9% in last night’s auction and prices have now fallen 35% since...

16 Jul 2014 Agri