Preview of RBNZ July 2025 Monetary Policy Review

We expect the RBNZ to leave the OCR unchanged at its July meeting…

01 Jul 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

Market biding time as next RBNZ meeting draws nearer

Over the past week New Zealand’s financial markets have continued to be…

30 Jun 2025 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

The Westpac-McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index rose by 0.5 points…

24 Jun 2025 Confidence surveys

Watching, worrying and waiting.

We are in an environment of better, albeit still bumpy, growth and rising…

23 Jun 2025 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

It’s been a bumpy and uncertain few months. And against that backdrop…

18 Jun 2025 Confidence surveys

Growth here and there, but not quite everywhere.

Thursday’s GDP report is expected to show some green shoots taking hold...

16 Jun 2025 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP preview, Q1 2025

We expect a 0.7% rise in GDP for the March quarter, following a similar rise…

11 Jun 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

Back to data watching

Following the previous week’s eventful RBNZ meeting and associated…

09 Jun 2025 Weekly Commentary

Industry Insight: Building resilience in the food and fibre sector

The food and fibre sector is an important driver of economic activity in New Zealand…

06 Jun 2025 Industry

NZ Agri Bites

Amidst only a modest lift in global supply, our forecast for the 2025/26 season…

03 Jun 2025 Agri

RBNZ slowing its roll

As was widely expected and fully priced by the market, the RBNZ announced…

03 Jun 2025 Weekly Commentary

Cotality-Westpac NZ First Home Buyer Report, May 2025

Our inaugural Cotality-Westpac NZ First Home Buyer Report takes a closer look...

30 May 2025 Economic data and RBNZ