Economic reports archive.
The house rules
A household-centric week of local data has reinforced our view that the...
Q2 Retail Sales Review
Retail sales volumes rose 1.7% in the June quarter, lifting the annual growth...
Keep calm and carry on
There are still many unknowns around the Fonterra whey product contamination...
Home Truths
This month, Home Truths ponders how the New Zealand housing market might react...
Q2 Labour market review
As expected, the headline Household Labour Force Survey saw modest ‘pay-back’...
Fortnightly Agri Update
In light of the contamination issue, the auction results for Fonterra could have...
Economic Overview: Fork in the road
New Zealand’s economic upturn is now well-established, and is showing signs...
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, rawhide
Last Thursday we released our Quarterly Economic Overview where we detailed how...
Q2 Labour market preview
Statistics NZ is now publishing all three main labour market reports in one go...
Credit Check
Private sector credit growth slowed a little in June on the back of surprisingly weak...
Crossing the Rubicon
The Reserve Bank’s stance on monetary policy has come into line with our...
Fortnightly Agri Update
SPECIAL ISSUE - Upgrade to Westpac’s forecast of the Fonterra Milk Price...