Economic reports archive.
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...
Credit Check
Monthly credit growth slowed modestly to 0.4% in September on a seasonally...
New Zealand OCR Review, October 2013
The stance of monetary policy is unchanged – the RBNZ expects to increase the OCR...
Living in New Zealand comes back into fashion
The New Zealand economy is quite volatile compared to others in the OECD...
NZ October OCR preview
We expect the overall tone of the October OCR Review will be slightly more...
New Zealand's neutral OCR: a moving feast
The neutral OCR was probably above 6% before the Global Financial Crisis...