On the straight and narrow

Thursday’s October OCR Review by the Reserve Bank was the focus for markets...

04 Nov 2013 Weekly Commentary

Credit Check

Monthly credit growth slowed modestly to 0.4% in September on a seasonally...

01 Nov 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand OCR Review, October 2013

The stance of monetary policy is unchanged – the RBNZ expects to increase the OCR...

31 Oct 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Living in New Zealand comes back into fashion

The New Zealand economy is quite volatile compared to others in the OECD...

29 Oct 2013 Weekly Commentary

NZ October OCR preview

We expect the overall tone of the October OCR Review will be slightly more...

23 Oct 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand's neutral OCR: a moving feast

The neutral OCR was probably above 6% before the Global Financial Crisis...

22 Oct 2013 Economic data and RBNZ, Research papers

Eye on the Horizon

Last week we issued our long-run forecasts for the New Zealand economy...

21 Oct 2013 Weekly Commentary

Eye on the horizon - Longer-term economic forecasts for New Zealand

In this bulletin we set out our economic forecasts for the next 10 years...

17 Oct 2013 Research papers, Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Consumer Price Index review, Q3 2013

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% in the September quarter, lifting the annual...

16 Oct 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

In today’s Fortnightly Update we take a closer look at the surprisingly strong...

16 Oct 2013 Agri

All on track

The highlight last week was the release of the Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion...

14 Oct 2013 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

The housing market has been running red hot for most of this year, especially in...

14 Oct 2013 Housing