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Economic reports archive.
A first look at macroprudential policy tools
The Reserve Bank is close to finalising its suite of macroprudential policy tools...
Pluses and minuses
Regular readers will know that we have long been optimistic about New Zealand’s...
Q4 Terms of Trade
New Zealand’s terms of trade clocked up its sixth consecutive fall in Q4...
A season of two halves
Drought has been declared in Northland. The rest of the North Island is also very dry...
Credit Check
Private sector credit growth slowed a little in January. However that headline masks...
Tough talk
In a week that was light on domestic developments, the highlight was a speech...
Home Truths
The January round of data portrayed a housing market that has continued...
Realities of NZD intervention
RBNZ Governor Wheeler’s speech this week has drawn the market’s attention to the...
When rising tides don’t lift all boats
Disposable household incomes have grown by an inflation-adjusted figure of around...
Fortnightly Dairy Update
Dairy prices continued to accelerate in Tuesday night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...
Make hay while the sun shines
Last week we released our quarterly Economic Overview, titled “A Goldilocks...
Economic Overview: A Goldilocks moment?
Back in May 2012 I closed this editorial by saying: “If interest rates stay low...