Economic reports archive.
Low risk of an inflation undershoot
Last week was largely free of fresh shocks on the global trade front…
NZ CPI review, Q1 2025
Consumer prices rose 0.9% in the March quarter. That saw the annual…
Watch this space and don’t panic
What a week. Financial markets were thrown into turmoil in the wake…
NZ CPI preview, Q1 2025
We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 0.7% in the…
RBNZ Monetary Policy Review, April 2025
As widely expected, the RBNZ lowered the OCR by 25bps to 3.5%...
US tariffs unhelpful, but manageable
The key influence on domestic markets over the past…
Impact of U.S. tariffs on New Zealand
New Zealand is to be subject to additional tariffs of 10%...
Preview of RBNZ April 2025 Monetary Policy Review
We expect the OCR will be cut 25bp to 3.5%. The RBNZ will retain an easing bias…
NZ Agri Bites
While we continue to see prices lift across most commodities…
Gaining ground
With some big economic news in recent weeks, we’ve updated…
Forecast update, April 2025
Activity in the final quarter of last year was slightly firmer than expected…
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Employment confidence fell by 3.3 points to 88.3 in the March quarter…