Economic reports archive.
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...
RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, June 2014
The Reserve Bank today increased to OCR from 3.00% to 3.25%, and provided...
NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q1 2014
We estimate that GDP rose 1.2% in the March quarter, a third consecutive strong...
NZ Local Knowledge
The indicators presented here – 20 unique series, plus a few subsets and variations...
Swings and roundabouts
Last week’s soft dairy auction result, and a monster March quarter for the...
RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement Preview
We expect the RBNZ to hike the OCR by 25 basis points next week, and to...