Economic reports archive.
Fortnightly Agri Update
Dairy prices jumped 4.2% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. Add this to the...
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Confidence in the labour market rose strongly in December, reaching its highest...
NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, December 2018
Business confidence rebounded from a nine year low in the December quarter...
RBNZ bank capital proposal: impact on the OCR
The Reserve Bank surprised markets in December by proposing that banks...
Here we go again
The New Zealand economy is into its eighth year of expansion, and another year of...
Industry Insight: New Zealand Winemaking
This report focuses on New Zealand’s winemaking industry which is concerned...
NZ Q3 GDP review – Highs and lows
GDP rose by 0.3% in the September quarter, below expectations. We don’t expect...
NZ current account, Q3 2018 – Well contained
New Zealand’s current account deficit widened to 3.6% of GDP in the year to...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Lamb producers have enjoyed strong prices of late. Looking ahead we expect to...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence picked up again in December, shaking off its mid-year slump...
Trundling along
Recent data suggests that the New Zealand economy is continuing to trundle along...
Home Truths
Home Truths will sign off 2018 with a brief update on the latest housing data...