ANZ Economic news reviews the latest key events in the New Zealand economy. As well as one-off events, the reports regularly include information on labour market conditions, gross domestic product, balance of payments, official cash rate changes, and the Government's finances.
- RBNZ OCR: Slow and steady - 22 September 2016 (PDF 72kB)
- NZ Dairy Update: Spring growth - 21 September 2016 (PDF 76kB)
- RBNZ OCR Preview: Balanced and measured - 19 September 2016 (PDF 88kB)
- GDP: Building momentum - 15 September 2016 (PDF 136kB)
- Balance of Payments: Stronger imports surprise - 14 September 2016 (PDF 88kB)
- HLFS: Solid, but with huge caveats - 17 August 2016 (PDF 208kB)
- RBNZ MPS Review: More to come - 11 August 2016 (PDF 72kB)
- RBNZ MPS Preview: Walking the talk - 8 August 2016 (PDF 132kB)
- QES and LCI: Demand vs supply - 3 August 2016 (PDF 132kB)
- Fonterra update: Steady as she goes - 1 August 2016 (PDF 64kB)
- Tightening up - 29 July 2016 (PDF 128kB)
- Give and take - 18 July 2016 (PDF 136kB)
- Low headline but firming domestic pressures - 14 July 2016 (PDF 68kB)
- OCR view change - 8 July 2016 (PDF 128kB)
- Something is coming, just not yet - 7 July 2016 (PDF 128kB)
- Up, up and away - 5 July 2016 (PDF 140kB)
- A little something for everyone - 16 June 2016 (PDF 144kB)
- When boring is good - 15 June 2016 (PDF 136kB)
- Playing a game of chicken with the NZD - 9 June 2016 (PDF 172kB)
- Tea break - 3 June 2016 (PDF 68kB)
- Good vibrations - 26 May 2016 (PDF 92kB)
- NZ dairy update - 26 May 2016 (PDF 68kB)
- A higher hurdle - 13 May 2016 (PDF 68kB)
- Kicking for touch - 11 May 2016 (PDF 64kB)
- Decent under the hood - 4 May 2016 (PDF 132kB)
- Looking through the noise - 29 April 2016 (PDF 2132kB)
- Cards close to the chest - 28 April 2016 (PDF 64kB)
- Steady as she goes - 22 April 2016 (PDF 68kB)
- A real mixture - 18 April 2016 (PDF 108kB)
- Mixing your drinks - 14 April 2016 (PDF 100kB)
- Strong end to 2015 but lots of uncertainty ahead - 17 March 2016 (PDF 112kB)
- Action man - 10 March 2016 (PDF 88kB)
- Deflating expectations - 17 February 2016 (PDF 72kB)
- Lower for longer - 5 February 2016 (PDF 96kB)
- Believe it or not - 3 February 2016 (PDF 132kB)
- More wriggle room - 28 January 2016 (PDF 108kB)
- Wheyed down - 28 January 2016 (PDF 72kB)
- Watchful rather than active - 22 January 2016 (PDF 176kB)
- Tradable deflation weighs on overall CPI - 20 January 2016 (PDF 112kB)
- Bouncing back - 17 December 2015 (PDF 100kB)
- Services support - 16 December 2015 (PDF 136kB)
- On the right track - 15 December 2015 (PDF 84kB)
- A straight bat - 10 December 2015 (PDF 88kB)
- Swinging back to housing - 11 November 2015 (PDF 156kB)
- Soft, but lagging - 4 November 2015 (PDF 116kB)
- Watching and waiting - 29 October 2015 (PDF 148kB)
- Contained outside of one-offs - 16 October 2015 (PDF 124kB)
- Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement - 6 October 2015 (PDF 88kB)
- A reasonable backbone - 6 October 2015 (PDF 124kB)
- End of year round-up - 24 September 2015 (PDF 88kB)
- Modest recoil - 17 September 2015 (PDF 100kB)
- Broadly stable, for now - 16 September 2015 (PDF 100kB)
- More to come - 10 September 2015 (PDF 100kB)
- A question of balance - 4 September 2015 (PDF 112kB)
- Record working age population growth keeps wage inflation low - 5 August 2015 (PDF108kB)
- Cut and dried - 23 July 2015 (PDF 188kB)
- More work to do for RBNZ - 16 July 2015 (PDF 108kB)
- Down, but not out - 7 July 2015 (PDF 124kB)
- Tough times to continue - 2 July 2015 (PDF 268kB)
- Growth drying up - 18 June 2015 (PDF 108kB)
- Better, but only temporarily - 17 June 2015 (PDF 160kB)
- On bad terms (of trade) - 11 June 2015 (PDF 236kB)
- Hand-ups, hand-outs/catch-ups, carrots and sticks - 21 May 2015 (PDF 100kB)
- A multi pronged attack - 18 May 2015 (PDF 128kB)
- Auckland in the crosshairs - 13 May 2015 (PDF 280kB)
- "Goldilocks" conditions persist - 6 May 2015 (PDF 164kB)
- An 'easier' bias - 30 April 2015 (PDF 116kB)
- April OCR Preview: Time for a softer tone - 23 April 2015 (PDF 188kB)
- Something for everyone - 20 April 2015 (PDF 252kB)
- CPI Preview 2015Q1: Not there yet - 16 April 2015 (PDF 172kB)
- Softer, but still solid - 14 April 2015 (PDF 132kB)
- Post party hangover lingering - 25 March 2015 (PDF 144kB)
- Services sector takes up growth baton - 19 March 2015 (PDF 100kB)
- The widening continues - 18 March 2015 (PDF 128kB)
- When neutral is not enough - 12 March 2015 (PDF 108kB)
- Upstairs, downstairs - 11 March 2015 (PDF 132kB)
- Threat to food safety in the dairy industry - 10 March 2015 (PDF 116kB)
- Supply side steps up - 4 February 2015 (PDF 140kB)
- Key Themes for 2015 - 2 February 2015 (PDF 540kB)
- How low can you go? - 21 January 2015 (PDF 96kB)
- Greater gestation issues - 20 January 2015 (PDF 112kB)
- Goldilocks sticks around - 20 January 2015 (PDF 128kB)
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