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US tariffs unhelpful, but manageable
The key influence on domestic markets over the past…
Impact of U.S. tariffs on New Zealand
New Zealand is to be subject to additional tariffs of 10%...
Preview of RBNZ April 2025 Monetary Policy Review
We expect the OCR will be cut 25bp to 3.5%. The RBNZ will retain an easing bias…
NZ Agri Bites
While we continue to see prices lift across most commodities…
Gaining ground
With some big economic news in recent weeks, we’ve updated…
Forecast update, April 2025
Activity in the final quarter of last year was slightly firmer than expected…
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Employment confidence fell by 3.3 points to 88.3 in the March quarter…
Kiwi economy moves out of recession
The past week saw a relatively heavy data flow in New Zealand…
NZ GDP review, Q4 2024
The New Zealand economy grew by 0.7% in the December quarter…
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence has taken a step down in the early part of the year…
Goodbye to 2024, and good riddance
This week brings the last major economic data release relating to 2024…
Retail Spending Pulse
Retail spending is starting to pick up again, but the recovery remains…