Shadow Board is divided over whether the Reserve Bank should ease the OCR in August
August 12, 2024
New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) Media Release, 10 am Monday, 12 August 2024 Read more
NZIER Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank keep the OCR at 5.50 percent in July
July 8, 2024
New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) Media Release, 10 am Monday, 8 July 2024 Read more
Fit for purpose: Teachers’ own learning experiences and lessons about standardisation from the health sector - NZIER Insight 112
May 23, 2024
In this Insight, we analyse anonymised NCEA data linked to later employment for the recent cohort of primary teachers to better understand what might be driving secondary students’ falling performance in maths and science. Our results show that one in four new primary teachers failed … Read more
Shadow Board sees no change in the OCR in May is warranted
May 20, 2024
New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (Inc) Media Release, 10 am Monday, 20 May 2024 For immediate release Read more
Shadow Board overwhelmingly in favour of keeping the OCR on hold in April
April 8, 2024
The NZIER Monetary Policy Shadow Board recommends the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) keep the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 5.50 percent in the upcoming Monetary Policy Review on 10 April 2024. Shadow Board members agreed that inflation was easing, but there was uncertainty over whe … Read more
Monetary and fiscal policy frameworks - the return of inflation
April 3, 2024
A presentation by Dennis Wesselbaum, recipient of the 2023 NZIER Early Career Economics Leader Award. Read more
NZIER Consensus Forecasts show weak growth for the year ending March 2025
March 18, 2024
The latest NZIER Consensus Forecasts show a downward revision to the growth for the coming year. Annual average GDP growth for the year ending March 2024 has been revised down to 0.5 percent and remains weak at 0.8 percent for the year ending March 2025. Read more
