Economic reports archive.

The flood of returning New Zealanders has ended

Rapid population growth on the back of high levels of net migration played...

05 Oct 2020 Weekly Commentary

Wool prices have dived over September. Wool has been on the wrong end of...

30 Sep 2020 Agri

Regional economic confidence has lifted off its Covid-induced lows, but remains very...

28 Sep 2020 Confidence surveys

We have changed our forecasts for monetary policy settings in New Zealand...

28 Sep 2020 Weekly Commentary

The Employment Confidence Index was little changed in September, following a sharp...

25 Sep 2020 Confidence surveys

We now expect the RBNZ will introduce a Funding for Lending Programme...

23 Sep 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand’s strict lockdown to eliminate the spread of Covid-19 resulted

21 Sep 2020 Weekly Commentary

We expect no change in monetary policy next week. Data has been to the strong...

18 Sep 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

GDP fell by 12.2% in the June quarter, reflecting both the impact of the...

17 Sep 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

The Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) recognised that the...

16 Sep 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Dairy auction prices posted solid gains overnight. The positive result broke a run...

16 Sep 2020 Agri

Consumer confidence slipped again in September and is languishing at levels...

15 Sep 2020 Confidence surveys