Economic reports archive.
Economic Overview: Signs of spring?
Having endured the chill winds of a slowdown, it is nice to see signs of spring...
Line call
Last week the Reserve Bank surprised markets (again) by keeping the Official...
Review of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, November 2019
The RBNZ kept the OCR on hold at 1.0%. Markets were shocked, but we are less...
Not bad, considering
The New Zealand economy has been slowing since 2016, and that came through...
Nail biter – Preview of the RBNZ's MPS
We expect the RBNZ to keep the OCR unchanged at the November MPS...
NZ labour market review, Q3 2019
New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the September quarter...
NZ Dairy Update
Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction saw healthy gains, the recent modest...
Hold the horses
We are no longer expecting the Reserve Bank to reduce the OCR at its next Monetary...
NZ labour market preview, Q3 2019
We expect the unemployment rate to rise to 4.2% in the September quarter...
Hold the horses – Change of OCR call
We are now forecasting no change in the OCR at the November MPS. The balance...
Changing fortunes
In the past week we published new research on commercial property and the...
A ‘just transition’ for Taranaki
The Taranaki economy has for many years been a strong performer, with much of its...