NZ Consumer Price Index preview, Q1 2014

We expect a 0.4% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the March quarter...

10 Apr 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, Q1 2014

The March Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion showed that firms remain at their...

08 Apr 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Don’t cry over slipped milk

A steep fall in world dairy prices at auction last week sparked a flurry...

07 Apr 2014 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

There was another sizable fall in dairy prices in last night’s GDT auction. Prices fell 8.9%...

02 Apr 2014 Agri

Everyone can play

Last week’s data has emphasised one of the important themes in the NZ...

31 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealanders’ employment confidence rose in March to its highest level since the...

31 Mar 2014 Confidence surveys

Where should we build now?

The rate of construction activity in Auckland remains far too low relative to...

26 Mar 2014 Research papers

Consumers in the passenger seat

New Zealand’s economic performance over 2013 leaves it well positioned to achieve...

24 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Economic confidence in Canterbury remains the highest in the country...

24 Mar 2014 Confidence surveys

NZ GDP review, Q4 2013

GDP rose by 0.9% in the December 2013 quarter, in line with market expectations...

20 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ current account review, Q4 2013

New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed from 4.1% to 3.4% of GDP in the...

19 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

After sitting on the sidelines for the last 3 years, the Reserve Bank entered the fray...

19 Mar 2014 Agri