Economic reports archive.

Riding the (second) wave

New Zealand is into its third week of heightened Covid Alert status...

31 Aug 2020 Weekly Commentary

A stark divergence has opened up across economies in the wake of Covid-19...

27 Aug 2020 Agri

The Reserve Bank continues to favour a negative Official Cash Rate as the next...

24 Aug 2020 Weekly Commentary

Dairy auction prices fell modestly overnight. The recent Covid-19 resurgence across...

19 Aug 2020 Agri

Health authorities have learned a lot about Covid-19, such as the value of wearing...

19 Aug 2020 Economic Overview

COVID has returned and with it lockdown, although with regional variation this time...

17 Aug 2020 Weekly Commentary

Nobody knows how the re-emergence of Covid-19 will play out. This bulletin...

14 Aug 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Like us, the RBNZ does not think that the medium-term outlook for the economy...

12 Aug 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week’s labour market reports reiterated what we have been saying for weeks...

10 Aug 2020 Weekly Commentary

The RBNZ will aim to keep the stance of monetary policy unchanged at next...

06 Aug 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Labour market conditions were stronger than we expected in the June quarter...

05 Aug 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Dairy auction prices slid overnight as concerns about a resurgence of COVID-19...

05 Aug 2020 Agri