Stepping up to the plate, still swinging hard

The RBNZ steps up to the plate this week, with the Official Cash Rate up for review…

11 Jul 2022 Weekly Commentary

Preview of RBNZ Monetary Policy Review, July 2022

We expect the Reserve Bank to raise the Official Cash Rate by another…

07 Jul 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

Taking stock of housing

RBNZ Chief Economist Paul Conway delivered a speech last week on the…

04 Jul 2022 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence remained down in the dumps over the June quarter…

29 Jun 2022 Confidence surveys

Consumer confidence plummets to lowest level on record

Consumer confidence has plummeted, as household budgets have been squeezed by…

27 Jun 2022 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

The Employment Confidence Index fell 5 points to 108.5 in June, giving back…

23 Jun 2022 Confidence surveys

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy auction prices dipped a touch overnight. Despite the fall, prices remain…

22 Jun 2022 Agri

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has fallen sharply in recent months as household budgets…

21 Jun 2022 Confidence surveys

That’s not a recession…

Covid disruptions featured heavily in New Zealand’s March quarter GDP figures…

20 Jun 2022 Weekly Commentary

Regional Roundup

Nationwide economic growth is set to soften in the year ahead, although impacts will differ by region…

17 Jun 2022 Regional Roundup

NZ GDP review, Q1 2022

GDP dipped by 0.2% in the March quarter, close to our forecast of a flat result…

16 Jun 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

Dairy’s back on the horse

After a period of weakness, global dairy prices got back on the horse last week...

13 Jun 2022 Weekly Commentary