Economic reports archive.
Grocery retailing – Positive steps, but not transformative
Recommended changes to how New Zealand's supermarket duopoly operates...
NZ Budget preview, May 2023
We expect Budget 2023 will show a moderate deterioration in New Zealand’s…
Missing the trifecta
The monetary policy cycle in New Zealand is well advanced, and we are getting closer to…
NZ labour market review, Q1 2023
The unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in the March quarter, in line with...
Waiting for the turn
With inflation now clearly past its highs, it looks likely that the May policy decision will…
NZ labour market preview, Q1 2023
We expect the unemployment rate to hold steady at 3.4% for the March quarter…
Early signs of slow thaw in inflation
Inflation was weaker than we and other analysts expected in the early part of this year…
Rural cost inflation - light at the end of the tunnel
Annual rural cost inflation stands at a whopping 15.3% in the December 2022 quarter…
NZ CPI review, Q1 2023
Inflation was weaker than we and other analysts expected in the early part…
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy auction prices posted solid gains overnight. Ending a weak run of four…
NZ CPI preview, Q1 2023
We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 1.5% in the March quarter…
Inflation – a business perspective
We expect data this week to show that inflation was still running red hot over the…