Economic reports archive.

NZ Local Knowledge

The sentiment towards the New Zealand economy has clearly soured in recent...

07 Dec 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

It appears the market has responded to the risks pointing to lower New Zealand milk...

06 Dec 2017 Agri

Construction activity picked up in September, rising by 2.7%. This was mainly...

05 Dec 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

With earlier drivers of growth dissipating and big changes in Government policy on the...

04 Dec 2017 Weekly Commentary

The Reserve Bank has announced a modest loosening of the loan-to-value limits...

29 Nov 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Our latest quarterly Economic Overview, released last week, traces the contours of...

27 Nov 2017 Weekly Commentary

Retail sales growth pulled back in September as earlier boosts to spending...

24 Nov 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

In this update, we explore the usefulness of dairy futures as a tool for New Zealand...

22 Nov 2017 Agri

The election of the new Government marks the start of a new chapter for New Zealand...

21 Nov 2017 Economic Overview

New Zealand’s monetary policy framework is approaching its biggest shake up in...

20 Nov 2017 Weekly Commentary

Last week’s Monetary Policy Statement was very much in line with expectations...

13 Nov 2017 Weekly Commentary

As expected, the RBNZ left the OCR unchanged and repeated its neutral...

09 Nov 2017 Economic data and RBNZ