Economic reports archive.
Yin and yang
Rarely do all parts of the NZ economy move perfectly in synch. A much more common...
NZ building activity survey, Q2 2014
Building work put in place rose 1% in the June quarter, following a 15% increase...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Falling dairy prices have been hogging the headlines in recent months. And fair...
RBNZ September 2014 MPS Preview
The OCR will be left unchanged at 3.5% next week. Given the looming election, the...
NZ Local Knowledge
The balance of indicators was positive again in July, showing that the economy...
NZ Terms of Trade, Q2 2014
The terms of trade rose by 0.3% in the June quarter, against expectations for a decline...
Bits and bobs
The early part of last week was dominated by news from offshore. At a major central...
Overcooked
The events of the last week reinforced the message that conditions for the...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Dairy prices showed signs of stabilisation in last night’s GDT auction. The headline...
Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update Review
Treasury’s latest update of its fiscal and economic forecasts contained few...
Taking a breather
Last week we released our latest Quarterly Economic Outlook. If you haven’t seen...
NZ Retail sales review, Q2 2014
Retail sales picked up the pace again in the June quarter, rising 1.2%. The rebound was...