Money for the milkman

Last week saw some fresh developments on many of the big issues facing the...

02 Apr 2013 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence rose slightly, for the fourth time in a row...

02 Apr 2013 Confidence surveys

Spanner in the works

The New Zealand economy sprang back into gear at the end of 2012, spurred on by...

25 Mar 2013 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

The New Zealand housing market continued ticking over at a fairly high rate...

25 Mar 2013 Housing

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence has fallen sharply in several drought-afflicted...

25 Mar 2013 Confidence surveys

Q4 GDP review

GDP rose by 1.5% in the December quarter, well ahead of market forecasts and a...

21 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Q4 Current Account Review

The widening current account deficit is symptomatic of economic imbalances...

20 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Dairy Update

Dairy prices surged to record levels in Tuesday night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...

20 Mar 2013 Agri

Where should we build?

We have assessed housing supply in each region of New Zealand except Canterbury...

19 Mar 2013 Research papers, Economic data and RBNZ

Q4 GDP and Current Account preview

We estimate that GDP rose 1.2% in the December quarter, making up lost...

18 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

The horns of a dilemma

The RBNZ reiterated its ‘on hold’ outlook for the OCR last week, but threw markets...

18 Mar 2013 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence fell by a smidgen. Current conditions improved further...

18 Mar 2013 Confidence surveys