Economic reports archive.
Running to stand still
The latest labour market surveys were something of a mixed bag, with flat…
NZ Q2 2022 labour market review and change of OCR forecast
The New Zealand labour market remains extremely tight. While the…
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy auction prices slid further overnight. Global dairy demand has clearly…
Double crunch
The New Zealand economy is being double crunched by rising interest rates and…
An NZ primer on foot-and-mouth disease
A foot-and-mouth outbreak in Indonesia has raised concerns of an outbreak…
NZ labour market preview, Q2 2022
We expect the unemployment rate to dip further to 3.1% in the June quarter…
Meat Matters
Improved meat processing capacity, falling shipping costs and the weak New Zealand…
How fast? How furious?
There’s been no let-up in the intense price pressures that have been buffeting…
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy auction prices slid overnight. Previously resilient global demand is…
The monetary policy hat-trick
Last week the RBNZ delivered a third consecutive 50bp hike in the Official Cash…
NZ CPI preview, Q2 2022
We expect the upcoming Consumers Price Index will show that New Zealand…
RBNZ Monetary Policy Review, July 2022
The Reserve Bank increased the OCR by another 50 basis points to 2.50%...