Running to stand still

The New Zealand economy put in a reasonable performance over the second...

21 Mar 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence nudged down in the early part of 2016 as households...

21 Mar 2016 Confidence surveys

NZ current account review, Q4 2015

The current account deficit narrowed to 3.1% of GDP in the year to December, the lowest...

16 Mar 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices slid further in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. The headline...

16 Mar 2016 Agri

NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q4 2015

We estimate that GDP rose by 0.7% in the December quarter, led by manufacturing...

11 Mar 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ MPS Review, March 2016

The Reserve Bank reduced the Official Cash Rate by 25bp to 2.25%. This fulfils our...

10 Mar 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Local Knowledge

The domestic economy has had a fairly middling start to the year, with our...

08 Mar 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Step by step

Since July last year we’ve highlighted the need for the Official Cash Rate to fall...

07 Mar 2016 Weekly Commentary

Building work put in place, December quarter 2015

Total building work put in place rose 2.5% in the December quarter, far stronger...

03 Mar 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ MPS preview, March 2016

We expect next week’s Monetary Policy Statement to project a lower path for...

03 Mar 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices bounced 1.4% higher in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...

02 Mar 2016 Agri

Industry Insights: Tourism, hospitality and recreation

Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation faces unprecedented opportunities and...

01 Mar 2016 Research papers, Industry