Economic reports archive.
NZ Consumer Price Index preview, Q1 2016
We expect a 0.1% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the March quarter...
Dairy Scary
Although the New Zealand economy recorded solid growth in the latter half of...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Last week Westpac Economics released an Industry Insight report on the...
NZ Local Knowledge
The indicators for February provided more evidence of a slow start to the year for...
NZIER Quarterly Survey of Opinion, March 2016
Businesses reported solid results over the last three months, suggesting some...
Confidence confirms contrasts
Last week, two separate confidence surveys reconfirmed our view that a dichotomy...
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Employment confidence improved further in the March quarter, and now sits a little...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Dairy’s woes have re-emerged as the major factor affecting regional economic...
Industry Insights: Fishing, Aquaculture & Seafood
The Fishing, Aquaculture and Seafood sector is experiencing falling employment...
Spotlight on household spending
This week we take a closer look at the outlook for household spending, which was...
Running to stand still
The New Zealand economy put in a reasonable performance over the second...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence nudged down in the early part of 2016 as households...