Economic reports archive.

Q1 Labour Cost Index and Quarterly Employment Survey

Wage inflation and employment growth remain subdued. In part that reflects the...

07 May 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

This Economic Overview continues the theme of strong growth versus low...

07 May 2013 Economic Overview

Our latest quarterly Economic Overview, “Tug-of-war”, reflects the diverse range of...

06 May 2013 Weekly Commentary

The New Zealand housing market powered to a fresh set of highs in March...

30 Apr 2013 Housing

The Reserve Bank is sitting on the fence. It reiterated as much in last week’s...

29 Apr 2013 Weekly Commentary

As expected, the RBNZ repeated its “on hold” OCR stance. The RBNZ is caught...

24 Apr 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand’s combination of strong economic growth and low inflation...

22 Apr 2013 Weekly Commentary

We expect the RBNZ to maintain its “firmly on hold” stance for the OCR. But the risks...

19 Apr 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Dairy prices consolidated at record levels in Tuesday night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...

17 Apr 2013 Agri

Fonterra has gradually cornered the fast growing Chinese whole milk powder market...

16 Apr 2013 Research papers

New Zealand monetary policy seems stuck between an unstoppable force and an...

15 Apr 2013 Weekly Commentary

We estimate that consumer prices rose 0.4% in the March quarter, leaving annual...

12 Apr 2013 Economic data and RBNZ