Economic reports archive.

Brexit update – Mind the Gap

With less than two weeks until its scheduled departure from the EU, a political deadlock...

01 Apr 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

It was a pivotal week for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which delivered a...

01 Apr 2019 Weekly Commentary

Confidence in the labour market fell in March, reversing the strong rise seen in...

28 Mar 2019 Confidence surveys

The RBNZ surprised us by shifting to an easing bias. With other central banks...

27 Mar 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

While the economy lost some steam through the back half of 2018, that slowdown...

25 Mar 2019 Weekly Commentary

The RBNZ is unlikely to alter its firmly on hold stance. That could be a surprise to...

22 Mar 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Regional confidence has deteriorated in eight out of eleven regions...

22 Mar 2019 Confidence surveys

GDP rose by 0.6% in the December quarter, a stronger rebound than we expected...

21 Mar 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand’s current account deficit widened to 3.7% of GDP in the year...

20 Mar 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Log prices have been consistently stronger than we expected through 2018, a theme...

20 Mar 2019 Agri

Consumer confidence has lost altitude and now sits at a below average level...

19 Mar 2019 Confidence surveys

This week we should get confirmation of the slowdown in growth in the second half...

18 Mar 2019 Weekly Commentary