Economic reports archive.

Over the Fence

Log prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks. This month’s Over the Fence report...

02 Aug 2019 Agri

The RBNZ is likely to lower the OCR to 1.25% next week. We expect the RBNZ to...

01 Aug 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

We expect the unemployment rate to rise to 4.3% in the June quarter, reflecting...

31 Jul 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

We now expect the RBNZ to reduce the OCR in August and November this year, with a...

29 Jul 2019 Weekly Commentary

We previously forecast that the RBNZ would cut the OCR in August, citing global...

25 Jul 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

For some time now we’ve been noting the slowdown in the domestic economy...

22 Jul 2019 Weekly Commentary

Dairy prices halted their recent slide in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...

17 Jul 2019 Agri

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.6% in the June quarter, in line with forecasts...

16 Jul 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Last week’s data releases added to the evidence that the economy lost some...

15 Jul 2019 Weekly Commentary

We expect a 0.6% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the June quarter...

10 Jul 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

With a deepening malaise in the business sector, as well as softness in some other...

08 Jul 2019 Weekly Commentary

The relationship between food manufacturing and agriculture is symbiotic...

05 Jul 2019 Agri