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Fortnightly Agri Update
The headline GlobalDairyTrade index edged 0.8% higher in last night’s auction...
NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, March 2019
After a brief respite, business confidence deteriorated again in the March...
Brexit update – Mind the Gap
With less than two weeks until its scheduled departure from the EU, a political deadlock...
A new era
It was a pivotal week for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which delivered a...
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Confidence in the labour market fell in March, reversing the strong rise seen in...
RBNZ OCR Review, March 2019
The RBNZ surprised us by shifting to an easing bias. With other central banks...
Reacceleration to stay the RBNZ's hand
While the economy lost some steam through the back half of 2018, that slowdown...
Preview of RBNZ OCR Review, March 2019
The RBNZ is unlikely to alter its firmly on hold stance. That could be a surprise to...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Regional confidence has deteriorated in eight out of eleven regions...
NZ Q4 GDP review – A not so bad look
GDP rose by 0.6% in the December quarter, a stronger rebound than we expected...
NZ current account, Q4 2018 – As bad as it gets?
New Zealand’s current account deficit widened to 3.7% of GDP in the year...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Log prices have been consistently stronger than we expected through 2018, a theme...