Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has edged lower, but remains near nine-year highs...

16 Jun 2014 Confidence surveys

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, June 2014

The Reserve Bank today increased to OCR from 3.00% to 3.25%, and provided...

12 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q1 2014

We estimate that GDP rose 1.2% in the March quarter, a third consecutive strong...

11 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Local Knowledge

The indicators presented here – 20 unique series, plus a few subsets and variations...

10 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Swings and roundabouts

Last week’s soft dairy auction result, and a monster March quarter for the...

09 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement Preview

We expect the RBNZ to hike the OCR by 25 basis points next week, and to...

05 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ building activity survey, Q1 2014

Building work put in place rose 16% in the March quarter, well ahead of our...

04 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Last week’s big news was Fonterra’s announcement of its opening payout...

04 Jun 2014 Agri

NZ Terms of Trade, Q1 2014

The terms of trade rose further in the March quarter, to reach its highest level in more...

03 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Off the boil, but still hot

While the New Zealand economy started the year at a rolling boil, it now appears to...

03 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

Taking a second look

A couple of weeks ago the high exchange rate and weak inflation pressure lead us...

26 May 2014 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Last week the Reserve Bank published its biannual Financial Stability Report (FSR)...

21 May 2014 Agri