NZ labour market review, Q2 2014

The unemployment rate fell from 5.9% to 5.6% in the June quarter, its lowest in over...

06 Aug 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices tumbled further in last night’s GDT auction. The headline trade...

06 Aug 2014 Agri

The laggardly labour market

Unsettling news continues to emerge from China, and from some of New Zealand’s...

04 Aug 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q2 2014

We expect that the recent strong jobs growth continued over the June quarter...

30 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

A timely intervention

Since Graham Wheeler came to the helm, the Reserve Bank seems to have been...

28 Jul 2014 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ OCR Review, July 2014 - The tortoise versus the hare

This OCR Review was very much in line with our expectations. The RBNZ hiked...

24 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Cat among the pigeons

The big news of last week was an 8.9% fall in the GlobalDairyTrade auction...

21 Jul 2014 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ July 2014 OCR Preview

A spate of weak data has raised legitimate questions about the appropriate pace...

17 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Consumer Price Index review, Q2 2014

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% in the June quarter, just a touch short...

16 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices fell 8.9% in last night’s auction and prices have now fallen 35% since...

16 Jul 2014 Agri

Home Truths

We will kick off this month’s Home Truths by recapping the recent history of the...

15 Jul 2014 Housing

End of the golden weather

The New Zealand economy appeared to have hit a sweet spot in the early part...

14 Jul 2014 Weekly Commentary