Economic reports archive.
Household debt: Why it has soared
Since 1991, household debt has risen from 60% to 180% of disposable income...
Taxing times (and mortgages)
NZ’s Finance Minister has floated the idea of a variable mortgage levy...
The will to work
Our research suggests that the labour force participation rate...
Labour force participation in New Zealand – past, present, and future
The labour force participation rate has confounded New Zealand economists...
NZ inflation expectations: their drivers and significance
Inflation expectations are regarded as an important determinant of inflation itself...
NZ labour market: purging the excesses?
Prospects for the NZ labour market are fundamental to the outlook...
Great expectations
We have estimated the drivers of NZ inflation expectations for...
Expectant – Inflation expectations and the OCR
The RBNZ believes that inflation expectations are set to remain high for...
A misleading rev counter?
Capacity utilisation (CUBO) is currently high...
The GIRM: A Global Interest Rate Model
In this paper we present an econometric model for explaining developments...
Explaining the NZ-Australian exchange rate
In this paper we investigate whether 'economic fundamentals' have a significant...
Trans-Tasman interest rates – why is New Zealand paying more?
Interest rates have come down on both sides of the Tasman in response to...