Economic reports archive.
Vaccines ready to roll
With vaccines ready and rolling out soon, financial market sentiment has turned...
Home Truths
The New Zealand housing market is currently red-hot. The REINZ House Price Index...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices jumped overnight, with prices rising across the board. Increasingly, prices...
Update to Westpac’s OCR and exchange rate forecasts
We are now forecasting 25bps OCR cuts in May and August next year, taking the OCR...
Monthly Meat Matters
The New Zealand dollar jumped over November, cracking US$0.70 last week...
No easy answers
Rising house prices, and the resulting political and social fallout, have been an...
House prices and the RBNZ's Remit
The Minister of Finance proposes changing the RBNZ’s Remit, as is his right...
Sugar rush
The lack of international tourists has left a big hole in the economy. However...
NZ Dairy Update
We set our initial 2021/22 farmgate milk price forecast at $7.00/kg. Our positive view...
Economic Overview: Unintended consequences
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc for the travel and tourism sector, but the remainder...
FLPing houses – Review of RBNZ November MPS
The RBNZ introduced a largely no-strings-attached Funding for Lending...
Preview of RBNZ November 2020 Monetary Policy Statement
We expect next week’s MPS will be less dovish than markets expect. The key...