Economic reports archive.

Land transport: Driving success

The World Economic Forum’s most recent Global Competitiveness Index shows...

13 Oct 2017 Research papers

We expect a 0.5% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the September quarter...

12 Oct 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

The latest Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion indicates that election...

09 Oct 2017 Weekly Commentary

Forestry has been one of the few outperforming industries in New Zealand’s...

04 Oct 2017 Agri

General business sentiment fell in September, but this may have reflected...

03 Oct 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

The number of positive indicators of growth has waned noticeably in the last few...

03 Oct 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Post-election negotiations between the major political parties mean that...

02 Oct 2017 Weekly Commentary

The RBNZ left its bottom-line guidance for monetary policy unchanged. The most...

28 Sep 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealanders have become increasingly upbeat about their employment prospects...

27 Sep 2017 Confidence surveys

Sunday’s election has left NZ First in a monarch-maker position between...

25 Sep 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

The election may be over, but it will still be some time before we know the...

25 Sep 2017 Weekly Commentary

The RBNZ is highly unlikely to alter the stance of monetary policy next week...

22 Sep 2017 Economic data and RBNZ