Economic reports archive.
NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, March quarter 2017
Firms remained upbeat about their own prospects in the March quarter...
Down, but not out
In most of New Zealand’s regions, confidence in economic conditions...
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
New Zealander workers have become a bit less optimistic about the state...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Regional economic confidence declined in most parts of New Zealand in the March...
Hold the line
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75% last week...
RBNZ OCR Review, March 2017 - Hold the line
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75%, and reiterated...
Fortnightly Agri Update
In this Fortnightly Agri Update, we take a closer look at developments in beef...
Neither good nor bad
Last week we received GDP data for the December quarter, which showed that...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Confidence among New Zealand households nudged down in March, but only a touch...
RBNZ OCR preview, March 2017 – The little engine that could?
We expect the Reserve Bank to hold the OCR at 1.75% and to maintain a neutral...
Q4 GDP Review, March 2017
GDP rose by 0.4% in the December quarter, a touch below our forecasts, with a...
Q4 BOP Review, March 2017
The current account deficit narrowed to 2.7% of GDP in the year to December...