Fortnightly Agri Update

Many of the headlines looking at the global trade outlook in recent times have focused...

21 Nov 2018 Agri

Economic Overview: Different strokes

New Zealand’s economy at present really is a case of different strokes for different folks...

20 Nov 2018 Economic Overview

Here we go

Falling mortgage rates have grabbed headlines recently with some fixed-term...

19 Nov 2018 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

Back in August Home Truths predicted a short, sharp lift in the housing market...

14 Nov 2018 Housing

Not on target

Unemployment has plumbed new lows and that could spark some wage inflation...

12 Nov 2018 Weekly Commentary

She’ll be right – RBNZ MPS review, Nov 2018

The Reserve Bank has moved away from the idea of cutting the OCR by removing...

08 Nov 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, Q3 2018

New Zealand’s unemployment rate fell sharply in the September quarter, to its...

07 Nov 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

As we’ve noted in many of our Agri Updates this year, we’ve seen broad-based...

07 Nov 2018 Agri

Much ado about little

Financial media in New Zealand has been abuzz with stories of falling equity prices...

05 Nov 2018 Weekly Commentary

Baby steps – RBNZ MPS preview, Nov 2018

Recent data on the New Zealand economy and inflation has been clearly stronger...

01 Nov 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market preview, Q3 2018

We expect modest jobs growth and an uptick in the unemployment rate to 4.6%

01 Nov 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Different strokes for different folks

Rapid population growth fuelled by record net migration provided a powerful boost...

29 Oct 2018 Weekly Commentary