Data maintains softer tone

Last week was a relatively quiet one as far as local data and events were concerned…

13 Nov 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy auction prices fell overnight. By product, the result was more mixed…

08 Nov 2023 Agri

Economic Overview Special topic: Tourism

Overseas visitor arrivals remain below pre-pandemic levels but are providing…

06 Nov 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Economic Overview Special topic: Migration

Over the past year migrants have arrived in New Zealand in record numbers…

06 Nov 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Economic Overview Special topic: Artificial Intelligence

Firms that embed Artificial Intelligence (AI) will generate productivity and…

06 Nov 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Jobs data locks in RBNZ pause

Last week we published our latest quarterly Economic Overview. The broad outlook…

06 Nov 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market review, Q3 2023

The labour market unambiguously weakened in the September quarter...

01 Nov 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Wage growth peaking as unemployment rises?

While recent softer-than-expected CPI data has probably taken the prospect of a...

30 Oct 2023 Weekly Commentary

Hawks, doves, and kiwis

The RBNZ has had a tough balancing act to manage in recent months…

25 Oct 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Watching, worrying, and still waiting

We no longer expect the RBNZ to increase the OCR at its November policy meeting…

24 Oct 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q3 2023

While still positive, jobs growth appears to have slowed in recent months…

20 Oct 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

We have shifted our 2023/24 milk price forecast up to $7.25/kg…

18 Oct 2023 Agri