Economic reports archive.
NZ Budget Preview - A Balancing Act
The new Government delivers its first Budget next week. The tax take is running...
In with the new
The Reserve Bank served up a refreshing Monetary Policy Statement (MPS)...
Home Truths
The housing market is cooling again, based on the most recent data from REINZ and...
Spending up is hard to do
The new Government’s first Budget will be subject to a set of self-imposed fiscal...
Industry Insights: Forestry and wood processing
This report focuses on New Zealand’s forestry sector which is concerned with the...
In with the new: Review of the RBNZ’s May 2018 MPS
The RBNZ has shaken up the form of its Monetary Policy Statement with an...
Work without reward
Last week Stats NZ delivered its battery of labour market data relating to the...
Regional Roundup
Economic conditions improved slightly in the latest quarter, with more regions posting...
RBNZ MPS preview, May 2018
Next week’s MPS will reveal a great deal about Adrian Orr’s style and how the OCR...
NZ labour market review, Q1 2018 – No pay wave
New Zealand's unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in the March quarter...
Fortnightly Agri Update
It’s easy to get bogged down in the minutiae of changes in commodity prices...
Housing and household debt
In recent years, the combination of low interest rates and the favourable tax...