Home Truths

The New Zealand housing market has cooled recently. Prices are falling in Auckland...

13 Jun 2019 Housing

NZ Q1 GDP and BoP preview

We expect a 0.6% rise in GDP for the March quarter, a similar pace to previous...

12 Jun 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Standing tall

Nervousness about the state of the global economy is growing and overseas central...

10 Jun 2019 Weekly Commentary

Q1 Building work put in place, March 2019

Total construction activity was much stronger than expected in the March...

07 Jun 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Over the Fence

The pipfruit sector is the stalwart of New Zealand’s horticulture industry. Like other...

07 Jun 2019 Agri

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy prices fell 3.4% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. The weakness...

05 Jun 2019 Agri

Contents as labelled

Last week saw the delivery of the Government’s first Wellbeing Budget...

04 Jun 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ Budget First Impressions, May 2019

The Government has substantially increased its planned operational spending...

30 May 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand Government Budget 2019

The Budget boosted spending on mental health and indexed benefits to wage...

30 May 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Game changer

The New Zealand economy lost some momentum in the second half of last year...

27 May 2019 Weekly Commentary

Wellbeing, well what?

This week the Government reveals its much vaunted Wellbeing Budget...

27 May 2019 Research papers

NZ Budget Preview, May 2019

Finance Minister Grant Robertson delivers his much vaunted “Wellbeing Budget”...

24 May 2019 Economic data and RBNZ