In with the new: Review of the RBNZ’s May 2018 MPS

The RBNZ has shaken up the form of its Monetary Policy Statement with an...

10 May 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Work without reward

Last week Stats NZ delivered its battery of labour market data relating to the...

07 May 2018 Weekly Commentary

Regional Roundup

Economic conditions improved slightly in the latest quarter, with more regions posting...

07 May 2018 Regional Roundup

RBNZ MPS preview, May 2018

Next week’s MPS will reveal a great deal about Adrian Orr’s style and how the OCR...

03 May 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, Q1 2018 – No pay wave

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in the March quarter...

02 May 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

It’s easy to get bogged down in the minutiae of changes in commodity prices...

02 May 2018 Agri

Housing and household debt

In recent years, the combination of low interest rates and the favourable tax...

30 Apr 2018 Weekly Commentary

Housing market slowdown to put the brakes on household debt

In recent years, the combination of low interest rates and the favourable tax...

30 Apr 2018 Research papers

NZ labour market preview, Q1 2018

There are signs that the tightening of the labour market has stalled in the...

27 Apr 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

So near and yet so far

The first inflation reading for this year was as subdued as we expected, with annual...

23 Apr 2018 Weekly Commentary

Far away, so close

Several long lasting factors are continuing to dampen consumer price inflation in...

23 Apr 2018 Research papers

NZ CPI review, Q1 2018

Consumer prices rose 0.5% in the March quarter. The dip in the annual...

19 Apr 2018 Economic data and RBNZ