NZ Local Knowledge

Activity indicators were disappointing in August, with the number of rises only...

07 Oct 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Industry Insights: Healthcare & Social Support Services

The healthcare and social support services sector is growing rapidly...

06 Oct 2016 Industry

Fortnightly Agri Update

As lambing finishes around the country, we take a look at some of the factors...

05 Oct 2016 Agri

NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, September 2016

Business confidence strengthened in the September quarter to its highest level...

04 Oct 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

A spring in their step

We’ve released our surveys of confidence in conjunction with McDermott Miller in the...

03 Oct 2016 Weekly Commentary

Retail spending by region: From Cape Reinga to Bluff

Retail spending in the New Zealand economy has been growing at a solid pace...

29 Sep 2016 Research papers

Sticking to the script

The RBNZ left the OCR on hold at its September review, but continued to signal...

26 Sep 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence showed a marked improvement in September...

26 Sep 2016 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence – whether residents believe their local economy will...

23 Sep 2016 Confidence surveys

RBNZ OCR review, September 2016

The RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 2% as was widely expected. Much of the language...

22 Sep 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices took their foot off the accelerator in last night’s...

21 Sep 2016 Agri

Smooth sailing

June quarter GDP data confirmed that the NZ economy remains on a firm footing...

19 Sep 2016 Weekly Commentary