Economic reports archive.
Activity stabilising, inflation contained
The latest updates on activity have left us with a picture of mixed economic…
Trump 2.0
The US 2024 election saw the return of President Trump. It also saw the…
Labour market in focus
In what was a relatively quiet week for domestic data, most interest…
Back in the band!
Our final Economic Overview for 2024 lays out how we see the economy…
The inflation dragon is back in its cave
New Zealand inflation has dropped back inside the RBNZ’s target…
NZ CPI review, Q3 2024
Consumer prices rose by 0.6% in the September quarter…
The wait is over
Going into the October RBNZ policy review, the only question was the…
NZ CPI preview, Q3 2024
We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 0.7%...
RBNZ October 2024 Monetary Policy Review
Today the RBNZ cut the OCR by 50bps to 4.75%, meeting Westpac…
What are you waiting for?
We’ve made some significant adjustments to our forecasts for the OCR…
OCR call change and preview of RBNZ October 2024 Monetary Policy Review
We now expect the RBNZ to cut the OCR by 50bps to 4.75% at the…
Will the RBNZ be ‘slow and steady’ or ‘fast and furious’?
The RBNZ has now fired the starting gun on the easing cycle. But how…