Economic reports archive.
Frontloading
The RBNZ cut the OCR by 50bps in November to 4.25%, as was widely…
Chief Economist travel notes UK and Europe, Nov 2024
I travelled to have discussions with key foreign clients from…
Westpac RBNZ Pulse Client Survey
There is a strong view among our customers towards a…
RBNZ to take another large step towards neutral
It was a relatively quiet week for economic data in New Zealand…
NZ Dairy Update
We have increased our farmgate milk price forecast for this season…
Activity stabilising, inflation contained
The latest updates on activity have left us with a picture of mixed economic…
RBNZ MPS preview, Nov 2024
We expect the RBNZ will cut the OCR by a further 50bps to 4.25% at its...
Trump 2.0
The US 2024 election saw the return of President Trump. It also saw the…
NZ labour market review, Q3 2024
The unemployment rate rose further to 4.8% in the September quarter…
Labour market in focus
In what was a relatively quiet week for domestic data, most interest…
NZ Agri Bites
Overall commodity prices are forecast to lift off the back of higher dairy…
NZ labour market preview, Q3 2024
We expect the unemployment rate to rise from 4.6% to 5.0%...