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Economic reports archive.
Keeping the pressure on
The latest Financial Stability Report reveals that the Reserve Bank is far from...
Home Truths
Earlier in the year the Reserve Bank said it would review its restrictions on high...
NZ Local Knowledge
The Local Knowledge indicators clearly show that the economy has regained its...
Escaping the bind
Last week we released our latest quarterly Economic Overview. As always, it’s...
NZ Labour market review, Q3 2014
The unemployment rate fell from 5.6% to 5.4% in the September quarter, its lowest...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Many years ago we looked at the issue of whether a free-floating New Zealand dollar...
Economic Overview: The Great Houdini
Like some kind of Houdini, New Zealand appears to have escaped from the...
Going nowhere fast
As expected, the RBNZ left rates on hold last week and struck a more dovish tone...
RBNZ October 2014 OCR Review
The RBNZ’s hiking bias has been watered down, but not eliminated. Today’s...
NZ labour market preview, Q3 2014
Employment growth is expected to have remained firm through the September...
Back to square one
Last week’s Consumer Price Index showed that inflation fell to 1.0% in the year to...
RBNZ October 2014 OCR Preview
In September, the RBNZ said it would wait and watch inflation. Inflation has fallen to...