Finest cheddar, made better

The latest update from Fonterra has provided some reassurance that conditions...

28 Sep 2015 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealanders have become increasingly concerned about the state of the labour...

28 Sep 2015 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence remained flat across New Zealand in the September...

24 Sep 2015 Confidence surveys

Will we see a sustained pick-up in inflation?

Inflation will rebound over the coming months, but we don’t expect this to be...

23 Sep 2015 Research papers

Industry Insight: Oil, gas and mining

This is the first report in Westpac’s new series of regular reports on specific sectors...

22 Sep 2015 Industry

Take it slow

After considering the last week’s events, we have changed our view on the timing of...

21 Sep 2015 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has taken another step lower as the economic climate has soured...

21 Sep 2015 Confidence surveys

NZ GDP review, Q2 2015

GDP rose by 0.4% in the June quarter, again falling short of market forecasts...

17 Sep 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ current account review, Q2 2015

The current account deficit widened to 3.5% of GDP in the year to June 2015, from a...

16 Sep 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Beef exports have been one of our most consistently strong performers in recent...

16 Sep 2015 Agri

More cuts – but when?

The Reserve Bank’s September Monetary Policy Statement offered few surprises...

14 Sep 2015 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ MPS review, September 2015

The Reserve Bank reduced the Official Cash Rate by 25bp to 2.75%, and signalled...

10 Sep 2015 Economic data and RBNZ