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Last week’s data largely supported our outlook for the New Zealand economy...

10 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement Preview

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to lift the Official Cash Rate to 2.75% in...

06 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ building activity survey, Q4 2013

Building work put in place fell in the December 2013 quarter, with a modest lift...

05 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

The current dairy season is shaping up as a record breaker on a couple of fronts...

05 Mar 2014 Agri

NZ Terms of Trade Review, Q4 2013

NZ’s terms of trade remain at a 40 year high after rising further in the December...

03 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Boiling over

Events of the last week have underscored our view that New Zealand’s export...

03 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

Swings and roundabouts

New Zealand’s housing market is clearly slowing, and retailers ended 2013...

24 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

We have had another round of data confirming that New Zealand’s housing...

20 Feb 2014 Housing

Fortnightly Agri Update

As we’ve noted in recent Fortnightly Agri Updates it is difficult, if not impossible...

19 Feb 2014 Agri

NZ Retail Sales Review, Q4 2013

Retail sales rebounded less strongly than expected in the September quarter...

17 Feb 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Cream of the Crop

Last week we published our latest Quarterly Economic Overview, our flagship...

17 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

Economic Overview: Cream of the crop

Over 2013 the New Zealand economy closely followed the narrative we laid out for it at...

11 Feb 2014 Economic Overview