Economic reports archive.
Home Truths
The New Zealand housing market has cooled recently. Prices are falling in Auckland...
NZ Q1 GDP and BoP preview
We expect a 0.6% rise in GDP for the March quarter, a similar pace to previous...
Standing tall
Nervousness about the state of the global economy is growing and overseas central...
Q1 Building work put in place, March 2019
Total construction activity was much stronger than expected in the March...
Over the Fence
The pipfruit sector is the stalwart of New Zealand’s horticulture industry. Like other...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices fell 3.4% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. The weakness...
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Last week saw the delivery of the Government’s first Wellbeing Budget...
NZ Budget First Impressions, May 2019
The Government has substantially increased its planned operational spending...
New Zealand Government Budget 2019
The Budget boosted spending on mental health and indexed benefits to wage...
Game changer
The New Zealand economy lost some momentum in the second half of last year...
Wellbeing, well what?
This week the Government reveals its much vaunted Wellbeing Budget...
NZ Budget Preview, May 2019
Finance Minister Grant Robertson delivers his much vaunted “Wellbeing Budget”...