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Fortnightly Agri Update
Dairy prices took another dive in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. The headline...
Great expectations
The fall in the New Zealand dollar since July has been appropriate to the softening...
Piling on the pressure
The New Zealand dollar’s small post-election relief bounce last week was...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Regional Economic Confidence continued to fade in the September quarter...
More of the same
The weekend’s general election returned an increased majority to the ruling...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence fell in the September quarter, but remains elevated by historical...
NZ GDP review, Q2 2014
GDP grew by 0.7% in the June quarter, as we expected. This was a modest slowdown...
NZ current account review, Q2 2014
New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed from 2.7% to 2.5% of GDP in the...
Fortnightly Agri Update
A fortnight ago we warned readers that our $5.80 milk price forecast was once...
Home Truths
There has been a lot of commentary recently about the “slowing” housing market...
A change of mood
The persistence of low inflation, despite an obvious acceleration in the pace of...
RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, September 2014
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) on hold as expected, but...