Economic reports archive.

Shifting sentiment?

Last week was relatively quiet on the NZ data calendar. Broad-based strength in NZ...

09 Apr 2018 Weekly Commentary

Last week, New Zealand’s Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) announced a plan...

04 Apr 2018 Agri

The Reserve Bank’s new Policy Targets Agreement (PTA) reflects the...

03 Apr 2018 Weekly Commentary

The Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index rose two points...

29 Mar 2018 Confidence surveys

Chief Economist Dominick Stephens recently returned from a two week tour of Europe...

27 Mar 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Today we finally received details on the new Government’s intended changes to the...

26 Mar 2018 Economic data and RBNZ, Research papers

This week marks the start of a new era at the Reserve Bank. Along with a change...

26 Mar 2018 Weekly Commentary

The Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence Index rose...

26 Mar 2018 Confidence surveys

As expected, the Reserve Bank left the OCR unchanged at 1.75%, and continued to...

22 Mar 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

There has been growing awareness of the rise of synthetic and alternative proteins...

21 Mar 2018 Agri

Consumer confidence has retraced its post-election drop, and is back around...

20 Mar 2018 Confidence surveys

Slower GDP growth was confirmed by last week’s data as the economy shifted...

19 Mar 2018 Weekly Commentary