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Fortnightly Dairy Update
Dairy prices continued to accelerate in Tuesday night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...
Make hay while the sun shines
Last week we released our quarterly Economic Overview, titled “A Goldilocks...
Economic Overview: A Goldilocks moment?
Back in May 2012 I closed this editorial by saying: “If interest rates stay low...
Confusion reigns
Last week’s releases showed that the labour market continues to lag behind...
Confusion reigns - NZ Q4 Household Labour Force Survey
A weak headline result – the unemployment rate fell much as expected, but there was...
Q4 Labour Cost Index and Quarterly Employment Survey
Wage inflation is showing little sign of either accelerating or decelerating...
The house view
Last week the RBNZ left the Official Cash Rate at 2.5% and maintained the “on hold”...
Out of kilter - Q4 Labour market preview
We expect a modest correction in the volatile Household Labour Force Survey...
The house view - OCR review, Jan 2013
The RBNZ reiterated its “on hold” stance for the OCR. The inflation outlook was...
Walking a fine line
On a trade weighted basis the New Zealand dollar has risen another 2% in January...
Home Truths
New Zealand house sales were steady for a second month in December, although that...
Below target, on track
Last week’s CPI release showed headline inflation coming in below the RBNZ’s...