NZ labour market review chart pack, Q3 2025

The Q3 labour market surveys were generally as subdued as we were expecting…

06 Nov 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

Running rough

Last week we released our final Economic Overview for 2025 with…

03 Nov 2025 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q3 2025

We expect the unemployment rate to rise from 5.2% to 5.3% for the September quarter…

30 Oct 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

GDP insights, October 2025

Quarterly GDP growth has been unusually volatile in recent times…

29 Oct 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

3% inflation not a barrier to another RBNZ rate cut

Inflation in New Zealand has picked up again, rising to 3% in the year…

28 Oct 2025 Weekly Commentary

Economic conditions still soggy

The New Zealand economy is still looking sluggish. The latest updates…

20 Oct 2025 Weekly Commentary

NZ CPI preview, Q3 2025

We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 1.0% in the September…

16 Oct 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

Breaking the spell

The Reserve Bank delivered the 50bps OCR cut that we were expecting…

13 Oct 2025 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ October 2025 Monetary Policy Review

As we expected, the RBNZ cut the OCR by 50bps to 2.50%...

08 Oct 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Agri Bites

We have maintained our farmgate milk price forecast of $10.00/kg for this season…

08 Oct 2025 Agri

Getting the OCR to where it needs to be

The key market-moving event over the week ahead is likely to be the RBNZ…

06 Oct 2025 Weekly Commentary

Preview of RBNZ October 2025 Monetary Policy Review

We expect the RBNZ to cut the OCR by 50bp to 2.5% at its October meeting…

01 Oct 2025 Economic data and RBNZ