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NZ labour market review, Q2 2019
The New Zealand labour market has defied expectations of a slowdown, with the...
Follow the leader
The big news last week was that the Federal Reserve cut the US policy interest rate by...
Over the Fence
Log prices have fallen sharply in recent weeks. This month’s Over the Fence report...
Preview of RBNZ MPS, August 2019
The RBNZ is likely to lower the OCR to 1.25% next week. We expect the RBNZ to...
NZ labour market preview, Q2 2019
We expect the unemployment rate to rise to 4.3% in the June quarter, reflecting...
How low can they go?
We now expect the RBNZ to reduce the OCR in August and November this year, with a...
OCR limbo… how low can it go? Westpac changes its RBNZ call
We previously forecast that the RBNZ would cut the OCR in August, citing global...
The shine is coming off
For some time now we’ve been noting the slowdown in the domestic economy...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices halted their recent slide in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...
NZ CPI review, Q2 2019 – No surprises
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.6% in the June quarter, in line with forecasts...
Help is on the way
Last week’s data releases added to the evidence that the economy lost some...
NZ CPI preview, Q2 2019 – Still on the low side
We expect a 0.6% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the June quarter...