Economic reports archive.
Fortnightly Agri Update
Global dairy prices continued to stumble around at low levels in last night’s...
NZ current account review, Q1 2016
The current account deficit narrowed to 3.0% of GDP in the year to March, in line...
Industry Insights: Commercial Property
More than many other sectors we cover in our Industry Insights series, commercial...
Holding fire
Last week the RBNZ hit the pause button on further interest rate cuts. It retained its...
NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q1 2016
We estimate that GDP rose by 0.6% in the March quarter, led by a surge in...
RBNZ MPS Review, June 2016 - Hold fire
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25% today. The RBNZ still...
NZ Local Knowledge
As we warned in our previous issue, the early timing of Easter this year has made...
A finely balanced call
The Reserve Bank’s upcoming interest rate decision, due for release on the morning...
NZ Building work put in place March quarter 2016
Total building work put in place rose very strongly in the March quarter, up 5.3% in...
RBNZ MPS Preview, June 2016 - Down to the wire
On balance, we now consider “on hold” to be the more likely OCR decision next week...
Fortnightly Agri Update
World dairy prices rose a further 3.4% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...
Running to stand still
A low-key Budget was the main feature of a low-key week for local economic news...