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NZ retail sales, March quarter 2019
Retail spending rose by 0.7% in the March quarter. That was another solid gain...
NZ Dairy Update
The run of price increases at the past 11 consecutive GlobalDairyTrade auctions...
Economic Overview: Game changer
The dramatic decline in interest rates over the past few months is going to be a...
It won’t happen overnight
The housing market continued to cool in April. However, we expect to see it picking...
One and done
As expected the RBNZ cut the Official Cash Rate to a record low of 1.5% last week...
That’s all, folks – Update on Westpac’s OCR forecast
Today we are reaffirming our forecast that the RBNZ will keep the OCR on hold at...
Review of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, May 2019
The RBNZ reduced the OCR to 1.5%. The RBNZ still has an easing bias...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices continued to edge higher in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction with the...
On a knife edge
Last week Stats NZ released its quarterly roundup on the labour market, which was...
Over the Fence
In this inaugural issue of Over the Fence, we take a look at the growth in New Zealand’s...
Preview of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, May 2019
Next week’s RBNZ OCR decision is an incredibly close call. We think there is a...
NZ labour market review, Q1 2019
The unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in the March quarter, beating market...