NZ Consumer Price Index preview, Q2 2015

We estimate that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.7% in the June quarter...

10 Jul 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Local Knowledge

Sentiment on the New Zealand economy seems to have turned awfully gloomy...

07 Jul 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

The clouds darken

With global dairy prices still under pressure, mounting signs that the Canterbury...

06 Jul 2015 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices fell another 5.9% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, taking the...

02 Jul 2015 Agri

Clouds on the horizon?

A significant concern for the economic outlook is whether the strength in...

29 Jun 2015 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealanders have become less confident about the health of the labour market...

29 Jun 2015 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Consumers’ economic confidence fell in the June quarter to its lowest level in more...

25 Jun 2015 Confidence surveys

Cuts to come

A surprisingly weak GDP outturn has strengthened the Reserve Bank’s case for...

22 Jun 2015 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence fell to 113.0 in the June quarter. This is the lowest level since...

22 Jun 2015 Confidence surveys

NZ current account review, Q1 2015

The current account deficit widened to 3.6% of GDP in the year to March 2015...

17 Jun 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Last week’s unexpected OCR cut has thrust dairying even further into the economic...

17 Jun 2015 Agri

An udder surprise

The Reserve Bank has honed in on the woes of the dairy sector, judging that they pose...

15 Jun 2015 Weekly Commentary