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Economic & market indicators

A working reference for directors, creditors and advisers: liquidations, bankruptcies, overdue tax debt, the Official Cash Rate, the New Zealand economy, foreign exchange, precious metals, indicative lending rates and the NZX 50, in one place.

Insolvency activity - rolling 12 months

Updated periodically

Liquidations

Two official series, shown separately - they measure different things

All liquidator appointments
2,946
12 months to 30 Jun 2026 · Companies Office quarterly counts · latest quarter (Apr to Jun 2026): 710, up 4.9% on a year earlier
ITS-administered only
702
12 months to 30 Apr 2026 · Insolvency and Trustee Service monthly series (Official Assignee appointments only)

Companies Office figure covers all liquidator appointments in New Zealand, summed from the quarterly counts in “Latest company statistics” (updated 3 Jul 2026). The ITS figure counts only liquidations administered by the Official Assignee, so it is a subset and the two should not be blended or compared directly. Sources: companiesoffice.govt.nz (opens in a new window) · insolvency.govt.nz (opens in a new window)

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What the Latest Companies Office Statistics Tell Us About Corporate Distress in New Zealand

Liquidator appointments rose 8.1% year-on-year in Q1 2026, even as new company formation holds up. Rob Davies unpacks what the trend means for directors and creditors.

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Bankruptcies

Insolvency and Trustee Service - personal insolvency

861adjudications

Rolling 12 months to 30 Apr 2026, summed from the ITS monthly bankruptcy figures (page last updated 15 Apr 2026). In the July 2025 to April 2026 year to date there were also 343 No Asset Procedures and 102 Debt Repayment Orders accepted. Source: insolvency.govt.nz (opens in a new window)

For the longer-run picture, see our article on the eight-year personal insolvency trend.

Monetary & enforcement conditions

Updated periodically

Official Cash Rate

Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Pūtea Matua

2.50%

Raised 0.25 percentage points at the last review, 8 Jul 2026. Next review: 2 Sep 2026. Source: rbnz.govt.nz (opens in a new window)

Overdue Tax & Entitlement Debt

Inland Revenue - quarterly debt statistics

$9.4bn
Collectable$5.9bn (63%)

Total overdue tax and entitlement debt as at 31 Mar 2026, published 4 Jun 2026. By entity, from the annual series to 30 Jun 2025: companies $5.7bn · individuals $3.1bn · other entities $0.5bn. Sources: quarterly report (opens in a new window) · debt statistics (opens in a new window)

New Zealand economy - official releases

Updated periodically
GDP
$450bn
Year ended Mar 2026, current prices · released 18 Jun 2026 · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)
GDP growth (annual)
+0.8%
Annual average, year ended Mar 2026; Mar quarter +1.5% on a year earlier · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)
Consumer spending
$9.6bn
Electronic card spend, May 2026 · retail +1.7% on April · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)
Unemployment rate
5.3%
Mar 2026 quarter, HLFS · released 6 May 2026 · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)
CPI (index level)
1,339
All groups, Mar 2026 quarter (Jun 2017 = 1000) · released 21 Apr 2026 · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)
Inflation rate (annual)
3.1%
CPI, 12 months to Mar 2026 quarter · Jun quarter due mid-Jul 2026 · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)
Business confidence
+36.6
Net %, ANZ Business Outlook, Jun 2026 survey · released 30 Jun 2026 · ANZ Research (opens in a new window)
Trade balance
+$0.8bn
Goods surplus, May 2026 month; year to May 2026 deficit $3.4bn · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)
Median house price
$775,000
National median, May 2026, +1.3% on a year earlier; house price index -0.6% · REINZ (opens in a new window)
Net core Crown debt
$186bn
41.3% of GDP, as at 31 May 2026 · published 2 Jul 2026 · Treasury (opens in a new window)
Operating balance (OBEGAL)
-$9.5bn
Deficit incl ACC, 11 months to 31 May 2026 (excl ACC: -$6.8bn) · Treasury (opens in a new window)
Official Cash Rate
2.50%
See the full panel under monetary conditions above · RBNZ (opens in a new window)

These are manually-dated indicative readings taken from each agency’s most recent scheduled release (Stats NZ Infoshare, RBNZ, Treasury, ANZ Research and REINZ publish on fixed monthly or quarterly cycles - there is no single live feed). Each figure shows its “as at” period and links to the primary source; confirm against the source before relying on any figure.

Foreign exchange - against the New Zealand dollar

Cached daily

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Precious metals - New Zealand dollars

Cached daily
Au Gold · XAU/oz
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Ag Silver · XAG/oz
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Pd Palladium · XPD/oz
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Prices from Gold-API.com (opens in a new window), converted to New Zealand dollars at the USD/NZD rate in the same snapshot.

Money market & population

Cached daily
90-day bank bill
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Benchmark short-term wholesale rate · RBNZ (opens in a new window)
NZ population
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Estimated resident population · Stats NZ (opens in a new window)

The 90-day bank bill rate is the benchmark short-term wholesale interest rate that much of New Zealand’s business and floating-rate lending prices from, published by the Reserve Bank. The population estimate is refreshed monthly from Stats NZ.

Lending rates & sharemarket

Updated periodically

Indicative Lending Rates

Confirm current figures before publishing - see sources below

ProductCurrent rateAs at
Main bank floating (owner-occupier, average of 5 banks)5.96%14 Jul 2026
Main bank 2-year fixed (average of 5 banks)5.24%14 Jul 2026
Non-bank / second-tier business lending Calculated14.79% - 18.64%-

Main bank floating and 2-year fixed rates are averaged daily from ASB, ANZ, BNZ, Kiwibank and Westpac's own published home loan rates for an owner-occupier with 20%+ equity (ANZ and Westpac's figures reflect their lower rate that also requires an existing salary account with that bank). Cross-check against the RBNZ mortgage rate series (opens in a new window) or interest.co.nz (opens in a new window) for a second opinion. The non-bank / second-tier range is calculated as 9.0 percentage points above the lowest, and 12.5 percentage points above the highest, of the five banks' floating rates; check rates with the non-bank/second-tier lenders directly before relying on it.

S&P/NZX 50

Indicative level only

13,651 (-0.52%)

Close, 14 Jul 2026 · Yahoo Finance (unofficial) · nzx.com (opens in a new window)

Refreshed once a day from an unofficial, delayed feed (Yahoo Finance) - a continuously live index level requires a licensed NZX data feed (see NZX Data Products (opens in a new window)). This figure is an indicative reading and should not be presented as real-time.

About these figures. Figures on this page are indicative and for general information only. They do not constitute financial, investment or legal advice and should not be relied on for lending, valuation or trading decisions.

Foreign exchange rates, precious metal prices, the S&P/NZX 50 level, the 90-day bank bill rate and the population estimate are read from a cached snapshot refreshed once a day by a scheduled job, drawing on ExchangeRate-API (opens in a new window), Gold-API.com (opens in a new window), Yahoo Finance (unofficial, for the NZX 50), the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Stats NZ. A tile showing a small amber dot is displaying its last good figure because its source could not be reached at the most recent update. The Official Cash Rate, insolvency, tax debt, economic and lending rate figures are set manually by Principle Insolvency from the sources linked above and are reviewed on the schedule noted in each panel.

Insolvency and tax debt figures are cited directly from the primary regulators - the Companies Office, the Insolvency and Trustee Service, and Inland Revenue. Companies Office statistics are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (opens in a new window).

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