Economic reports archive.
NZ Retail Sales Review, Q4 2013
Retail sales rebounded less strongly than expected in the September quarter...
Cream of the Crop
Last week we published our latest Quarterly Economic Overview, our flagship...
Economic Overview: Cream of the crop
Over 2013 the New Zealand economy closely followed the narrative we laid out for it at...
Onwards and upwards
Recent developments – a slowly strengthening New Zealand labour market...
NZ labour market review, Q4 2013
The labour market continued to strengthen in the December 2013 quarter, with the...
Fortnightly Agri Update
High prices for New Zealand’s commodity exports, in particular dairy, have become...
Playing in the V
All eyes were firmly on the Reserve Bank’s January OCR Review last week...
NZ labour market preview, Q4 2013
Labour market indicators suggest there was a further modest improvement in the...
RBNZ OCR Review
The RBNZ left the OCR on hold at 2.5%, and gave a clear signal that the OCR is likely...
Curtain raiser
The recent run of strong economic data has solidified the case for higher interest...
Preview of RBNZ OCR Review
The economic situation warrants hiking the OCR this year. The remaining question...
Fortnightly Agri Update
The dairy sector was the undoubted headline act of 2013. And like Meryl Streep...