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Economic reports archive.
Steady tiller in a rough sea – Preview of the RBNZ’s OCR Review
The outlook for inflation has not materially changed. The economy is proving more...
Regional Roundup
Over the past few years there have been stark differences in the economic...
NZ GDP review, Q1 2020 – A taste of what’s to come
GDP fell by 1.6% in the March quarter, the biggest quarterly drop since 1991...
NZ Dairy Update
We have lifted our 2020/21 farmgate milk price forecast by 20 cents to $6.50/kg...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
With Covid-19 pushing the economy into a deep recession, consumer confidence...
Home Truths
After the Covid-19 crisis broke, we forecast that New Zealand house prices...
Go hard, go early, then go shopping
We have upgraded our activity, exchange rate and inflation forecasts in response...
Preview of NZ GDP and current account, Q1 2020
We expect a 1% drop in GDP for the March quarter. The lockdown in the last week of...
A little less bad, for now
The COVID hit to the economy over coming years is going to be very large...
NZ Dairy Update
Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction resulted in little change in the headline...
How severe?
There was a definite bounce in the economy after the Alert Level 4 lockdown...
An impending double dip for the construction sector
The construction sector is currently springing back to life as the lockdown is...