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NZ Agri Bites
This year we expect commodity prices in world price terms to moderate slightly…
NZ labour market preview, Q4 2024
We expect a further rise in the unemployment rate from 4.8% to 5.0%...
Update on household finances
With a slowdown in economic growth and rising unemployment, household income…
Year of the Snake to see lower inflation, but economic activity remains mixed for now
The latest updates on the New Zealand economy were a green light for…
Happier New Year?
After some astonishingly weak updates on the New Zealand economy at the end of…
NZ fiscal update, January 2025
The HYEFU unveiled a much larger-than-expected deterioration in the fiscal outlook…
NZ CPI preview, Q4 2024
We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 0.5% in the December...
Retail Spending Pulse
It was a soft end to the year for many New Zealand retailers. Our retail…
Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Employment confidence rose by 2.4 points to 91.6 in the December quarter, reversing…
Outlook for 2025 and week ahead calendar
Happy New Year to all our readers! We hope you all had a break and some…
NZ GDP review, Q3 2024
The New Zealand economy shrank by 1% in the September quarter, a much starker…
OCR change of call
The OCR looks set to end 2025 at 3.25% - lower than previously thought…