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As widely expected, the Reserve Bank left the OCR unchanged and repeated its...

12 Feb 2018 Weekly Commentary

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

08 Feb 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest since 2008. But wage growth...

07 Feb 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Export commodity prices have started 2018 on a firm footing thanks in part to the...

07 Feb 2018 Agri

Last week was fairly quiet, but the week ahead will be huge with a labour market...

05 Feb 2018 Weekly Commentary

We expect a further drop in the unemployment rate to a nine-year low of...

02 Feb 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

The past year has been one of unprecedented consistency from the RBNZ...

01 Feb 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

This report focuses on the international education industry, which is concerned...

01 Feb 2018 Industry

With inflation surprising to the downside, we continue to expect that OCR hikes...

30 Jan 2018 Weekly Commentary

Consumer prices rose just 0.1% in the December quarter, with widespread...

25 Jan 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Firms have taken a dimmer view of the economy’s prospects in the early part...

22 Jan 2018 Weekly Commentary

Economic confidence rose in six regions in the December quarter...

19 Jan 2018 Confidence surveys