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NZ labour market review chartpack, Q1 2026
The Q1 labour market surveys added to the evidence that the New Zealand economy...
Cotality-Westpac NZ First Home Buyer Report, May 2026
FHBs’ market share remains high. In Q1 2026, they accounted for 27.5% of property…
Westpac Retail Spending Pulse, April 2026
Ironically, it looks like retail spending has run out of gas. Adjusting for normal...
RBNZ’s Breman says core inflation stable
The domestic focus during last week remained on gathering up-to-date information...
NZ labour market preview, Q1 2026
We expect the unemployment rate to hold steady at 5.4% for the March quarter...
A matter of balance
The conflict in the Middle East has cast a long shadow across the New Zealand...
Regional Roundup
Our latest round of talks with businesses around the country took place in the shadow...
NZ CPI chartpack, Q1 2026
New Zealand consumer prices rose 0.9% in the March quarter. That saw the annual...
Oil shock begins to surface in data
The past week has delivered some further insight on the early impact of the Middle East...
NZ CPI preview, Q1 2026
We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 0.7% in the March quarter…
Westpac Retail Spending Pulse, March 2026
Our March card spending report provides our first detailed look at how household...
A hawkish RBNZ is prepared to act decisively
Views on the likely duration and the severity of the war waxed and waned over the week...