Economic reports archive.
Shine a light
The Reserve Bank inched one small step closer to hiking the OCR when it delivered...
Home Truths
Judging by this month’s Real Estate Institute data, the housing market is trucking along...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence has eased slightly from three months ago...
NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q2 2013
We estimate that GDP fell 0.1% in the June quarter, following a 0.3% rise in...
September 2013 Monetary Policy Statement review
The Reserve Bank delivered a clear message today that it is likely to begin an...
Taking a back seat
In the July OCR review, the Reserve Bank gave a clear reminder that the next...
September 2013 Monetary Policy Statement preview
The September MPS will likely foreshadow earlier OCR hikes than the June...
NZ Building Work Q2 2013 Review
Building work put in place fell 0.4% in the June quarter, losing some of the...
Fortnightly Agri Update
World milk prices continue to defy gravity. This comes as a genuine surprise...
Q2 Terms of trade review 2013
New Zealand’s terms of trade are booming. Dairy will steal all the headlines...
The inflation debate continues
Last week’s developments did little to change our thinking on the New Zealand...
Macroprudential tools: the international experience
In this article we review four international case studies of macroprudential tools...