Back to square one

Last week’s Consumer Price Index showed that inflation fell to 1.0% in the year to...

28 Oct 2014 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ October 2014 OCR Preview

In September, the RBNZ said it would wait and watch inflation. Inflation has fallen to...

23 Oct 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Consumer Price Index review, Q3 2014

The Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% in the September quarter, taking annual...

23 Oct 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Peaked oil

Over the past few weeks financial markets have been jittery and volatile...

20 Oct 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ Consumer Price Index preview, Q3 2014

We expect a subdued 0.4% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the...

16 Oct 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction provided a small trace of relief for...

16 Oct 2014 Agri

Keep on keepin’ on

Last week’s releases completed the suite of confidence surveys for the latest...

13 Oct 2014 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

This month Home Truths presents a fresh perspective on the housing market...

13 Oct 2014 Housing

NZ Local Knowledge

The balance of the Local Knowledge indicators remained positive in August...

09 Oct 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, September 2014

The September Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion suggests that while the...

07 Oct 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Down but not out

Last week we expressed scepticism that threatened or actual currency intervention...

06 Oct 2014 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealanders’ confidence about the labour market rose again in September...

06 Oct 2014 Confidence surveys