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Horses for courses
Recent weeks have seen markets become challenged on their very strong view that now…
NZ labour market preview, Q4 2023
We expect the unemployment rate to rise further in the December quarter…
The inflation dragon hasn’t been slain (yet)
December’s update on consumer prices showed that inflation in New Zealand is continuing to cool…
NZ CPI review, Q4 2023
New Zealand consumer prices rose 0.5% in the December quarter, leaving prices…
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Employment confidence rose by 1.4 points to 99.7 in the December quarter...
Key factors to watch in 2024
Happy New Year! Given the holiday break, we didn’t see much news of note in New Zealand...
NZ CPI preview, Q4 2023
Inflation is set to again fall short of the RBNZ’s forecasts. We expect that next…
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices continued a strong start to the year. Dairy auction prices posted…
HYEFU review 2023
A weaker economy and population pressures have led to a weaker fiscal outlook…
NZ Dairy Update
We have revised up our 2023/24 milk price forecast from $7.25/kg to $7.50/kg…
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
While still low, consumer confidence has picked up, with the Westpac…
No further RBNZ tightening looks likely
Last week did not disappoint in terms of the importance of the data, both locally…