Mixed messages

With New Zealanders gradually heading home from beaches and holiday spots...

21 Jan 2019 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

All eleven regions posted an improvement in regional economic confidence...

18 Jan 2019 Confidence surveys

NZ CPI preview, Q4 2018 – The mix matters

We expect a 0.1% rise in the December quarter CPI, with annual inflation holding...

17 Jan 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Home Truths

The impact of the foreign buyer ban has really shone through in the latest housing...

17 Jan 2019 Housing

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices jumped 4.2% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. Add this to the...

16 Jan 2019 Agri

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Confidence in the labour market rose strongly in December, reaching its highest...

16 Jan 2019 Confidence surveys

NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, December 2018

Business confidence rebounded from a nine year low in the December quarter...

15 Jan 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ bank capital proposal: impact on the OCR

The Reserve Bank surprised markets in December by proposing that banks...

15 Jan 2019 Economic data and RBNZ, Research papers

Here we go again

The New Zealand economy is into its eighth year of expansion, and another year of...

14 Jan 2019 Weekly Commentary

Industry Insight: New Zealand Winemaking

This report focuses on New Zealand’s winemaking industry which is concerned...

01 Jan 2019 Research papers, Industry

NZ Q3 GDP review – Highs and lows

GDP rose by 0.3% in the September quarter, below expectations. We don’t expect...

20 Dec 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ current account, Q3 2018 – Well contained

New Zealand’s current account deficit widened to 3.6% of GDP in the year to...

19 Dec 2018 Economic data and RBNZ