Economic reports archive.
Credit Check
Credit growth accelerated in August, with the details reflecting a housing market...
Export Gold
We take the opportunity of a quiet data week to review the state of the New Zealand...
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
New Zealanders’ employment confidence waned slightly in September, after four...
On course
The US Fed’s decision to delay ‘tapering’ has sent the NZ dollar back into the...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Optimism in Canterbury continues to surge, with the region now the most optimistic...
NZ GDP review, Q2 2013
GDP rose by 0.2% in the June 2013 quarter, beating our forecast of a 0.1% decline...
NZ Current Account review, Q2 2013
The current account deficit narrowed to 4.3% of GDP in the year to June...
Fortnightly Agri Update
It has been a pretty incredible year so far as prices for New Zealand’s primary exports...
Sleeping beauty is awake - Tourism sector update
The tourism sector has been in the doldrums for most of the last ten years...
Shine a light
The Reserve Bank inched one small step closer to hiking the OCR when it delivered...
Home Truths
Judging by this month’s Real Estate Institute data, the housing market is trucking along...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence has eased slightly from three months ago...