Trundling along

The economy fared better than expected in the June quarter, and more recent data...

24 Sep 2018 Weekly Commentary

Let’s be frank – RBNZ preview, Sep 2018

We expect the RBNZ will leave the OCR unchanged at next week’s OCR Review...

21 Sep 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Q2 GDP review – Better this time

The New Zealand economy grew even faster than expected in the June quarter...

20 Sep 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ current account, Q2 2018 – Mind the gap

New Zealand’s current account deficit increased to 3.3% of GDP in the year to...

19 Sep 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Conditions for the undisputed heavy hitter of New Zealand’s primary sector, the dairy...

19 Sep 2018 Agri

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence fell sharply in September, taking it to its lowest in six...

19 Sep 2018 Confidence surveys

Not bad at all

A lot of the commentary on the New Zealand economy has turned decidedly gloomy...

17 Sep 2018 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

This month Home Truths peruses the latest housing market statistics, sets the record...

17 Sep 2018 Housing

NZ Q2 GDP and BoP preview – Not bad at all

We’re expecting a 0.9% rise in June quarter GDP, a marked improvement from the...

13 Sep 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Quiet achievers

The drivers of New Zealand’s economic growth are changing. As construction...

10 Sep 2018 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices continued the theme of recent months, sliding further in last night’s...

05 Sep 2018 Agri

Elephant in the room

Business confidence has fallen sharply in recent months, despite an economy...

03 Sep 2018 Weekly Commentary