Economic reports archive.
Where should we build?
We have assessed housing supply in each region of New Zealand except Canterbury...
Q4 GDP and Current Account preview
We estimate that GDP rose 1.2% in the December quarter, making up lost...
The horns of a dilemma
The RBNZ reiterated its ‘on hold’ outlook for the OCR last week, but threw markets...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence fell by a smidgen. Current conditions improved further...
March 2013 MPS Review
The RBNZ reiterated the “on hold” outlook for the OCR in today’s Monetary Policy...
Building blocks
The New Zealand economy is gaining momentum. The rebuild effort in...
March 2013 MPS Preview
We expect the RBNZ to repeat its simple “on hold” outlook for the OCR...
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...