Economic reports archive.
Q1 Household Labour Force Survey
A pervasively strong labour market report, both in the headline and in the details...
RBNZ May 2013 Financial Stability Report
The Reserve Bank’s six-monthly Financial Stability Report (FSR) revealed a growing...
Q1 Labour Cost Index and Quarterly Employment Survey
Wage inflation and employment growth remain subdued. In part that reflects the...
Economic Overview: Tug-of-war
This Economic Overview continues the theme of strong growth versus low...
Rain and shine
Our latest quarterly Economic Overview, “Tug-of-war”, reflects the diverse range of...
Home Truths
The New Zealand housing market powered to a fresh set of highs in March...
Still on the fence
The Reserve Bank is sitting on the fence. It reiterated as much in last week’s...
Official cash rate review
As expected, the RBNZ repeated its “on hold” OCR stance. The RBNZ is caught...
Goldilocks in the rain
New Zealand’s combination of strong economic growth and low inflation...
Official cash rate preview
We expect the RBNZ to maintain its “firmly on hold” stance for the OCR. But the risks...
Fortnightly Dairy Update
Dairy prices consolidated at record levels in Tuesday night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...
Drought, Chinese Mums, and the price of milk
Fonterra has gradually cornered the fast growing Chinese whole milk powder market...