Economic reports archive.

NZ current account review, Q3 2015

The current account deficit narrowed to 3.3% of GDP in the year to September...

16 Dec 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Sheep and beef farmers haven’t experienced the same degree of discomfort as their...

16 Dec 2015 Agri

Treasury’s weaker activity forecasts have put a dent in tax revenue. Consequently, the...

15 Dec 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

This report summarises the recent performance of the Retail sector...

15 Dec 2015 Research papers, Industry

Last week the Reserve Bank delivered the expected cut to the Official Cash Rate...

14 Dec 2015 Weekly Commentary

After the latest round of housing market data, we can finally close the file on what is...

14 Dec 2015 Housing

The Reserve Bank reduced the Official Cash Rate by 25bp to 2.50% as expected. The...

10 Dec 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

We estimate that GDP rose by 0.9% in the September quarter, as partial payback...

09 Dec 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Since 2010 the average price of goods that New Zealanders purchase in retail stores...

08 Dec 2015 Research papers

The indicators were a mixed bag over October, though positive on balance...

07 Dec 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Markets are divided over the likely outcome of the December RBNZ Monetary...

07 Dec 2015 Weekly Commentary

Next week’s Monetary Policy Statement is highly uncertain, and could produce large...

03 Dec 2015 Economic data and RBNZ