Economic reports archive.

NZ current account review, Q1 2014

New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed from 3.4% to 2.8% of GDP in the...

18 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

While it is often the dairy sector which dominates the headlines in the...

18 Jun 2014 Agri

Last week the Reserve Bank increased the OCR for a third consecutive time to 3.25%...

16 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

Just as we thought we were getting some clarity on the direction of house prices...

16 Jun 2014 Housing

Consumer confidence has edged lower, but remains near nine-year highs...

16 Jun 2014 Confidence surveys

The Reserve Bank today increased to OCR from 3.00% to 3.25%, and provided...

12 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

We estimate that GDP rose 1.2% in the March quarter, a third consecutive strong...

11 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

The indicators presented here – 20 unique series, plus a few subsets and variations...

10 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week’s soft dairy auction result, and a monster March quarter for the...

09 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

We expect the RBNZ to hike the OCR by 25 basis points next week, and to...

05 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Building work put in place rose 16% in the March quarter, well ahead of our...

04 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week’s big news was Fonterra’s announcement of its opening payout...

04 Jun 2014 Agri