Economic reports archive.
Review of RBNZ October 2023 Monetary Policy Review
The RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 5.5% as expected. The tone of the accompanying…
NZ Dairy Update
Global dairy prices lifted for the third successive auction overnight…
Pre-election primer
Given plausible coalition possibilities after the 14 October General Election…
Searching for direction
A key focus for the coming week will be the upcoming RBNZ Monetary Policy Review on…
Preview of RBNZ October 2023 Monetary Policy Review
We think the RBNZ will keep the OCR at 5.5% at next week’s meeting…
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Employment confidence fell by 7.4 points to 98.3 in the September quarter…
Some rough and some smooth
Last week was a bumper one for data in New Zealand. It also contained a few surprises…
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
The ‘squeeze’ on households’ finances is continuing, with further increases…
NZ GDP review, Q2 2023
GDP rebounded by 0.9% in the June quarter, just 0.1ppt above our forecast…
NZ Dairy Update
Global dairy prices lifted for the second successive auction overnight…
Housing market turn up as migrant numbers surge
Last week saw the release of data casting light on various aspects of the economy…
NZ GDP preview, Q2 2023
We have pencilled in a 0.8% rebound in GDP for the June quarter…