Businesses adjust expectations as demand softens - Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, July 2015

07 July 2015

QSBO is only available to NZIER members.

The media release is available here.

Growth expectations softening - Consensus Forecasts, June 2015

15 June 2015

The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts shows forecasters have pared back growth expectations slightly since the March quarter survey. Activity indicators over the past quarter have been mixed, with global dairy prices continuing to fall but household spending remaining strong.

Inflation expected to remain low over 2015 - CPI Forecasts, June 2015

15 June 2015

This publication is only available to NZIER members.

It’s a line call but NZIER’s Shadow Board says leave the OCR at 3.50%

10 June 2015

NZIER’s Monetary Policy Shadow Board is divided. There is mounting pressure for a rate cut. But on balance, the Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank leaves the interest rate at 3.50 percent this Thursday. 

Quarterly Predictions, June 2015

26 May 2015

Detailed forecasts are only available to NZIER members.

The media release can be read here.

NZIER Shadow Board says keep rates at 3.5% with an easing bias

29 April 2015

NZIER’s Monetary Policy Shadow Board says the Reserve Bank should leave the Official Cash Rate at 3.50 percent on Thursday.

Petrol prices [still] rise and fall at the same speed

21 April 2015

A report to Z Energy.

An update on NZIER’s 2013 finding that fuel prices move up at the same speed that they move down.

New Zealand economy remains on solid footing - Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, April 2015

14 April 2015

This publication is available only to NZIER members.

Review of economic analysis of the Wellington runway extension

08 April 2015

A report for BARNZ, the Board of Airline Representatives New Zealand Inc.

Inflation expected to remain low over 2015 - CPI Forecasts, March 2015

16 March 2015

This publication is only available to NZIER members.

Growth to hold up over the coming years - Consensus Forecasts, March 2015

16 March 2015

The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts shows economic growth holding up at solid levels over the coming years. The New Zealand economy performed strongly over 2014, boosted by improving household consumption and investment.

Little to sway NZIER Shadow Board from rates ‘on hold’ call

11 March 2015

NZIER’s Monetary Policy Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank leaves the Official Cash Rate at 3.50 percent on Thursday.

A cross-modal risk analysis of substance impairment

10 March 2015

A report for the Ministry of Transport. 

Private health insurance - An expanding role in the future of health care?

09 March 2015

A report for the Health Funds Association of New Zealand.

Trans-Tasman relationship close, but could be closer - NZIER Insight 50

25 February 2015

Ahead of the 10th Australia-New Zealand Leadership Forum in Auckland this week, a new Insight from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) says our neighbourly relationship with Australia is close but could be closer.

Quarterly Predictions, March 2015

24 February 2015

Full forecasts are available exclusively to NZIER members.

Wider economic and social costs of obesity to New Zealand

16 February 2015

A report for the Social Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (SUPERU).

Port study 2

04 February 2015

NZIER report to Auckland Council.

Inflation tanks but not the time to slash interest rates says NZIER Shadow Board

28 January 2015

Despite inflation falling below 1 percent, NZIER’s Monetary Policy Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank leaves the Official Cash Rate at 3.50 percent on Thursday.