Economic reports archive.
NZ Local Knowledge
The indicators presented here – 20 unique series, plus a few subsets and...
Fortnightly Agri Update
China is clearly a key market for New Zealand, taking more than a quarter of our...
Second chances
Recent data give us no reason to expect the RBNZ to depart from the plans it set...
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
New Zealanders’ confidence about the labour market rose further in June...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Regional economic confidence remains in optimistic territory throughout...
As good as it gets?
Last week was the climax of the New Zealand quarterly data calendar...
NZ GDP review, Q1 2014
GDP rose by 1.0% in the March 2014 quarter, a little less than market expectations...
NZ current account review, Q1 2014
New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed from 3.4% to 2.8% of GDP in the...
Fortnightly Agri Update
While it is often the dairy sector which dominates the headlines in the...
Tougher choices
Last week the Reserve Bank increased the OCR for a third consecutive time to 3.25%...
Home Truths
Just as we thought we were getting some clarity on the direction of house prices...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence has edged lower, but remains near nine-year highs...