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Economic reports archive.
Tax and house prices
Potential changes to the tax system could reduce house prices...
Split fortunes
Manufacturing sales in real terms have flat-lined since 2001...
This time is different
New Zealand tends to experience very high GDP growth in the years following...
Housing encore
House price inflation is heading double-digit in the near-term...
Buffet or buffer?
This research shows that the exchange rate has substantially...
No need to get cross
The recent NZD/AUD appreciation reflects diminished New Zealand...
Getting more for your money
Cheaper imports were a key component of consumption growth in the 2000’s...
The return of HEW?
There has been a huge switch from housing equity withdrawal to housing equity...
When cash is not currency
Calls for a lower OCR to offset the exchange rate are misguided...
Funding it tough
Bank funding has become more expensive from every source, with first wholesale...
Flu jab
The number of people infected with the H1N1 virus in New Zealand is rising...
The money tree
Quantitative easing is a somewhat untested policy tool that central banks...