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Economic reports archive.
Retail Spending Pulse
It was a soft end to the year for many New Zealand retailers. Our retail…
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Employment confidence rose by 2.4 points to 91.6 in the December quarter, reversing…
Outlook for 2025 and week ahead calendar
Happy New Year to all our readers! We hope you all had a break and some…
NZ GDP review, Q3 2024
The New Zealand economy shrank by 1% in the September quarter, a much starker…
OCR change of call
The OCR looks set to end 2025 at 3.25% - lower than previously thought…
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
We’re into the holiday season and the pessimism that’s been widespread…
Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update and Budget Policy Statement 2024
The HYEFU revealed a significantly weaker fiscal outlook than portrayed in Budget 2024…
Step into Christmas
December is starting to resemble an advent calendar for economists…
NZ GDP preview, Q3 2024
We expect a 0.4% fall in GDP for the September 2024 quarter, continuing the…
Westpac’s GDP tracker for New Zealand
This paper introduces our model for producing updated GDP forecasts in...
NZ Agri Bites
Dairy prices are leading the charge. We have raised our farmgate milk…
Preview of Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update and Budget Policy Statement
On 17 December the Government will provide an update on the state…