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The weekend’s general election returned an increased majority to the ruling...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence fell in the September quarter, but remains elevated by historical...
NZ GDP review, Q2 2014
GDP grew by 0.7% in the June quarter, as we expected. This was a modest slowdown...
NZ current account review, Q2 2014
New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed from 2.7% to 2.5% of GDP in the...
Fortnightly Agri Update
A fortnight ago we warned readers that our $5.80 milk price forecast was once...
Home Truths
There has been a lot of commentary recently about the “slowing” housing market...
A change of mood
The persistence of low inflation, despite an obvious acceleration in the pace of...
RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, September 2014
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) on hold as expected, but...
NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q2 2014
We estimate that GDP rose 0.7% in the June quarter, a moderate slowdown after...
In or out
Over the past 20 years, New Zealand’s labour force participation rate has risen to...
Yin and yang
Rarely do all parts of the NZ economy move perfectly in synch. A much more common...
NZ building activity survey, Q2 2014
Building work put in place rose 1% in the June quarter, following a 15% increase...