The Paris Agreement: What it means for the New Zealand economy.

New Zealand has agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as part...

04 Feb 2016 Research papers

Q4 Labour Market Review

The unemployment rate plummeted to 5.3% in the December quarter. This was in stark...

03 Feb 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Right now the global growth outlook is very divergent. While growth in a number...

03 Feb 2016 Agri

Big Wednesday

Regular readers will know that since July last year, Westpac has been forecasting...

02 Feb 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Q4 2015 Labour Market Preview

Employment growth is expected to rebound in the December quarter. However, growth...

29 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ OCR Review, January 2016

The OCR remained on hold at 2.5% at today’s OCR Review. The RBNZ warned...

28 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Clear cut - RBNZ OCR preview

The Reserve Bank is unlikely to change the Official Cash Rate at this Thursday’s review...

25 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Clear cut

Since July last year we have consistently predicted that the Reserve Bank would...

25 Jan 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Consumer Price Index review, Q4 2015

Consumer prices were even softer than expected, falling 0.5% over the December...

20 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices fell 1.4% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. While this...

20 Jan 2016 Agri

NZIER Quarterly Survey of Opinion, December 2015

Business confidence improved in late 2015 after a notable slowdown in the first half...

19 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

A slippery slope?

As New Zealanders drag their feet out of the sand and plant them firmly back under...

18 Jan 2016 Weekly Commentary