Economic reports archive.
Fortnightly Agri Update
The future of globalisation and trade is a hot topic and poses interesting implications...
NZ CPI review Q2 2017 – Been and gone
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was unchanged in the June quarter...
Challenges ahead
Over the past week, we have seen updates on several key aspects of the economic...
NZ CPI preview, June quarter 2017 - Back down below
We expect a 0.1% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the June quarter, which...
Charting our own course
One of the big questions that economies around the globe are wrestling with...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Market opinion about where the world’s central banks are heading has been...
Building foundations
This week we take a deeper dive than usual into the building consents data...
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
New Zealand workers have become more upbeat about the state of the labour...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Regional economic confidence improved in most parts of New Zealand in the...
No surprises
The RBNZ keep the Official Cash Rate on hold last week, and we expect it will...
RBNZ OCR review, June 2017 – A statement of neutrality
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75%, and reiterated...
Fortnightly Agri Update
We continue to see strength in the market for lamb. This has been underpinned...