Economic reports archive.

NZ building activity survey, Q4 2013

Building work put in place fell in the December 2013 quarter, with a modest lift...

05 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

The current dairy season is shaping up as a record breaker on a couple of fronts...

05 Mar 2014 Agri

NZ’s terms of trade remain at a 40 year high after rising further in the December...

03 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Events of the last week have underscored our view that New Zealand’s export...

03 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

New Zealand’s housing market is clearly slowing, and retailers ended 2013...

24 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

We have had another round of data confirming that New Zealand’s housing...

20 Feb 2014 Housing

As we’ve noted in recent Fortnightly Agri Updates it is difficult, if not impossible...

19 Feb 2014 Agri

Retail sales rebounded less strongly than expected in the September quarter...

17 Feb 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week we published our latest Quarterly Economic Overview, our flagship...

17 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

Over 2013 the New Zealand economy closely followed the narrative we laid out for it at...

11 Feb 2014 Economic Overview

Recent developments – a slowly strengthening New Zealand labour market...

10 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

The labour market continued to strengthen in the December 2013 quarter, with the...

05 Feb 2014 Economic data and RBNZ