Economic reports archive.
Revisions to boost NZ GDP and current account
Statistics NZ has signalled a range of improvements to the measurement of GDP...
Double bounce
Prices remain high for New Zealand’s key export commodities...
Fortnightly Agri Update
In last week’s twice-yearly Financial Stability Report the Reserve Bank once again...
Early days yet
The state of the housing market, and the new restrictions on high loan-to-value...
NZ Retail Sales review, Q3 2013
Retail sales slowed unexpectedly sharply in the September quarter – retail sales...
Home Truths
The housing market has been roaring ahead for most of 2013. But a couple of months...
Speed limits
Last week’s labour data provided further confirmation that the economy grew...
NZ labour market review, Q3 2013
The unemployment rate continued its downward trend in the September quarter...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Every once in a while it is useful to stop and take a step back and look at the bigger...
Economic Overview: Speed limits
The “Speed Limits” referred to in the title of this Economic Overview are the...
NZ labour market preview, Q3 2013
We expect a small drop in the unemployment rate and modest...
On the straight and narrow
Thursday’s October OCR Review by the Reserve Bank was the focus for markets...