The numbers add up

With a few weeks of this Covid-19 lockdown under our belts, and with some…

13 Sep 2021 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP and current account preview, Q2 2021

We expect a 1.7% rise in GDP for the June quarter, after a 1.6% rise in March...

10 Sep 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy prices posted solid gains overnight. On the back of this result, global dairy...

08 Sep 2021 Agri

Delta won’t deter RBNZ

New Zealand is making progress on getting the Delta variant outbreak under control…

06 Sep 2021 Weekly Commentary

I get knocked down, but I get up again

New Zealand is now into its second week of lockdown. And although no-one knows...

30 Aug 2021 Weekly Commentary

Well, that escalated quickly

It’s been a dramatic week for the New Zealand economy with strict lockdown...

23 Aug 2021 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement review, August 2021

The Reserve Bank left the OCR on hold at 0.25% today, but continued to…

18 Aug 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ lockdown update

New Zealand has moved back into Alert Level 4 lockdown after the emergence…

18 Aug 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy prices were largely unchanged overnight. However, the result masked…

18 Aug 2021 Agri

Economic Overview: Rapid escalation

Our forecasts have been through some rapid changes since our May Economic Overview…

17 Aug 2021 Economic Overview

Monthly Meat Matters

Farm input prices are rising fast. A broad range of both demand…

17 Aug 2021 Agri

Back to “normal”

It’s now very clear that the RBNZ can start to remove last year’s emergency stimulus...

16 Aug 2021 Weekly Commentary