Economic reports archive.
First Impressions Budget 2014
The highlight of Budget 2014 was a notable increase in the spending allowance...
New Zealand Government Budget 2014
The Government has decided to increase future spending allowances, without any...
NZ retail sales, Q1 2014
Retail sales growth slowed in the March quarter, rising 0.7%. This was a bit softer...
Home Truths
Last month Home Truths complained about a temporary state of disarray in...
Economic Overview: Doing more with less
In this edition of the Economic Overview we are easing up on the pessimism a little...
NZ 2014 Budget Preview, May 2014
Finance Minister Bill English is likely to repeat familiar cautious rhetoric when...
Good behaviour
The March quarter labour market figures confirmed that a hiring spree is under way...
Change of RBNZ call
We have changed our OCR call in response to the high exchange rate...
NZ labour market review, Q1 2014
Employment rose sharply again in the March 2014 quarter, with an equally sharp rise...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Dairy prices eased a little further overnight, with the headline GDT index down 1.1%...
Time to loosen the screws?
New Zealanders go to the polls in 2014 and with the election now a little...
NZ Credit Check
This Credit Check takes a look at how the RBNZ’s high-LVR lending restrictions...