Economic reports archive.
Preview of NZ GDP and current account, Q2 2020
We expect an 11.5% drop in GDP for the June quarter. The Alert Level 4 lockdown...
Households hit pause on debt as Covid-19 knocks earnings
Households are racking up less debt as their incomes take a severe hit due to Covid-19...
(Looking) back (and) to the future
Our Australian cousins provided us with a useful benchmark last week with...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy auction prices fell for the third successive auction overnight. We note that...
Riding the (second) wave
New Zealand is into its third week of heightened Covid Alert status...
Monthly Meat Matters
A stark divergence has opened up across economies in the wake of Covid-19...
New tricks
The Reserve Bank continues to favour a negative Official Cash Rate as the next...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy auction prices fell modestly overnight. The recent Covid-19 resurgence across...
Economic Overview: Rolling with the Covid punches
Health authorities have learned a lot about Covid-19, such as the value of wearing...
COVID returns to Aotearoa
COVID has returned and with it lockdown, although with regional variation this time...
The return of COVID-19 to New Zealand
Nobody knows how the re-emergence of Covid-19 will play out. This bulletin...
End of the line for the LSAP – Review of RBNZ August MPS
Like us, the RBNZ does not think that the medium-term outlook for the economy...