Economic reports archive.
NZ CPI review, Q1 2019
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.1% in the March quarter, a little less than...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices edged 0.5% higher in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, with mixed...
Close call
The outlook for monetary policy is delicately poised. Following the Reserve Bank’s...
Home Truths
The housing market for some time has been a tug-of-war between falling mortgage...
NZ CPI preview, Q1 2019
We expect a 0.2% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the March quarter...
Brextension - The date for Brexit has been pushed out again
The scheduled date for Brexit has now been pushed out to 31 October 2019, with the...
Starting with a bang
In its April OCR Review, the RBNZ surprised by advising that “more likely direction of...
Starting with a bang – The outlook for the New Zealand OCR
We expect the RBNZ will cut the OCR at the May MPS. The RBNZ is particularly...
Fortnightly Agri Update
The headline GlobalDairyTrade index edged 0.8% higher in last night’s auction...
NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, March 2019
After a brief respite, business confidence deteriorated again in the March...
Brexit update – Mind the Gap
With less than two weeks until its scheduled departure from the EU, a political deadlock...
A new era
It was a pivotal week for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which delivered a...