NZ building work put in place, September quarter 2017

Construction activity picked up in September, rising by 2.7%. This was mainly...

05 Dec 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

A case of nerves

With earlier drivers of growth dissipating and big changes in Government policy on the...

04 Dec 2017 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ Financial Stability Report, November 2017

The Reserve Bank has announced a modest loosening of the loan-to-value limits...

29 Nov 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Growth slowdown under way

Our latest quarterly Economic Overview, released last week, traces the contours of...

27 Nov 2017 Weekly Commentary

NZ retail spending review, September quarter 2017

Retail sales growth pulled back in September as earlier boosts to spending...

24 Nov 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

In this update, we explore the usefulness of dairy futures as a tool for New Zealand...

22 Nov 2017 Agri

Economic Overview: A new chapter

The election of the new Government marks the start of a new chapter for New Zealand...

21 Nov 2017 Economic Overview

Brave new-ish world for RBNZ

New Zealand’s monetary policy framework is approaching its biggest shake up in...

20 Nov 2017 Weekly Commentary

Glass half full

Last week’s Monetary Policy Statement was very much in line with expectations...

13 Nov 2017 Weekly Commentary

Review of the November 2017 Monetary Policy Statement

As expected, the RBNZ left the OCR unchanged and repeated its neutral...

09 Nov 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

It is music to exporters’ ears when the NZ dollar weakens against our major trading...

08 Nov 2017 Agri

How far to full employment?

Last week’s September labour market report painted a slightly stronger picture than...

06 Nov 2017 Weekly Commentary