RBNZ to take another large step towards neutral

It was a relatively quiet week for economic data in New Zealand…

25 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ Dairy Update

We have increased our farmgate milk price forecast for this season…

20 Nov 2024 Agri

Activity stabilising, inflation contained

The latest updates on activity have left us with a picture of mixed economic…

18 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ MPS preview, Nov 2024

We expect the RBNZ will cut the OCR by a further 50bps to 4.25% at its...

12 Nov 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Trump 2.0

The US 2024 election saw the return of President Trump. It also saw the…

11 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market review, Q3 2024

The unemployment rate rose further to 4.8% in the September quarter…

06 Nov 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Labour market in focus

In what was a relatively quiet week for domestic data, most interest…

04 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ Agri Bites

Overall commodity prices are forecast to lift off the back of higher dairy…

01 Nov 2024 Agri

NZ labour market preview, Q3 2024

We expect the unemployment rate to rise from 4.6% to 5.0%...

30 Oct 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Back in the band!

Our final Economic Overview for 2024 lays out how we see the economy…

29 Oct 2024 Weekly Commentary

Economic Overview: Back in the band!

Inflation has slowed significantly in the last six months such that it now…

25 Oct 2024 Economic Overview

The inflation dragon is back in its cave

New Zealand inflation has dropped back inside the RBNZ’s target…

21 Oct 2024 Weekly Commentary