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New Zealand economic data continues to beat expectations by a wide margin...

09 Feb 2021 Weekly Commentary

Dairy prices are on a roll, rising for the sixth consecutive auction. Notably, milk fat...

03 Feb 2021 Agri

The unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in the December quarter, a much stronger result...

03 Feb 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

China is leading a global growth recovery. The speed of the recovery has surprised...

02 Feb 2021 Weekly Commentary

We expect the unemployment rate to rise to 5.6% in the December quarter...

29 Jan 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

With the economy weathering the Covid storm and the housing market hot, we have...

25 Jan 2021 Weekly Commentary

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose 0.5% in the December quarter, a much stronger...

22 Jan 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

We now expect the OCR to remain on hold for the foreseeable future (previously we...

21 Jan 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

The Employment Confidence Index saw a strong increase in the December quarter...

21 Jan 2021 Confidence surveys

We lift our 2020/21 farmgate milk price forecast by 50 cents to $7.50/kg...

20 Jan 2021 Agri

We expect consumer prices to be flat for the December quarter, which would see the...

18 Jan 2021 Economic data and RBNZ

The New Zealand economy has started 2021 on firm footing. GDP has retraced its...

18 Jan 2021 Weekly Commentary