Economic reports archive.

Beyond the OCR – Explaining the RBNZ’s alternative monetary policy tools

In September last year we released a Bulletin detailing the Reserve Bank’s options...

15 Oct 2020 Research papers, Economic data and RBNZ

The New Zealand housing market is booming. REINZ data for September...

13 Oct 2020 Housing

The economy’s surprising resilience to Covid-19 continues, and has been most...

12 Oct 2020 Weekly Commentary

New Zealand exports have become more heavily concentrated on China...

08 Oct 2020 Research papers

Dairy auction prices posted solid gains for the second successive auction overnight...

07 Oct 2020 Agri

Rapid population growth on the back of high levels of net migration played...

05 Oct 2020 Weekly Commentary

Wool prices have dived over September. Wool has been on the wrong end of...

30 Sep 2020 Agri

Regional economic confidence has lifted off its Covid-induced lows, but remains very...

28 Sep 2020 Confidence surveys

We have changed our forecasts for monetary policy settings in New Zealand...

28 Sep 2020 Weekly Commentary

The Employment Confidence Index was little changed in September, following a sharp...

25 Sep 2020 Confidence surveys

We now expect the RBNZ will introduce a Funding for Lending Programme...

23 Sep 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand’s strict lockdown to eliminate the spread of Covid-19 resulted

21 Sep 2020 Weekly Commentary