Economic reports archive.
NZ retail trade, Q4 2014
Real retail sales accelerated further in the December quarter, rising 1.7%...
A plus and a minus
In recent weeks we have variously discussed the impact on the economy of plunging...
Home Truths
Housing market activity positively surged after last year’s election had passed...
NZ Local Knowledge
The balance of activity indicators remained strong through November and December...
Economic Overview: The good oil
As we developed this Economic Overview, two powerful themes pervaded our...
Staying on course
Following recent sharp falls in oil prices and the related softening in the inflation...
Q4 labour market review
Although unemployment unexpectedly rose in December, conditions in the labour...
Fortnightly Agri Update
The emerging drought in New Zealand is now clearly having an effect on dairy...
A new tack
For some time the big story in the world of economics has been plunging global oil...
Q4 labour market preview
The robust domestic economy is supporting increases in employment. But it is also...
RBNZ OCR review, January 2015
The Reserve Bank has abandoned any talk of OCR hikes, and is now ambivalent...
The tide has turned
Last week’s December quarter 2014 Consumer Price Index (CPI) was softer than...