You can go your own way

As was widely expected, the Reserve Bank lifted the Official Cash Rate...

17 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has edged up further, to its highest level since 2005...

17 Mar 2014 Confidence surveys

NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q4 2013

We estimate that GDP rose 0.9% in the December quarter, following a 1.4%...

14 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

March 2014 MPS Review

The Reserve Bank today increased to OCR from 2.50% to 2.75% as widely...

13 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Home Truths

The housing market is continuing to slow in response to the Reserve Bank’s...

11 Mar 2014 Housing

Showtime

Last week’s data largely supported our outlook for the New Zealand economy...

10 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement Preview

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to lift the Official Cash Rate to 2.75% in...

06 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ building activity survey, Q4 2013

Building work put in place fell in the December 2013 quarter, with a modest lift...

05 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

The current dairy season is shaping up as a record breaker on a couple of fronts...

05 Mar 2014 Agri

NZ Terms of Trade Review, Q4 2013

NZ’s terms of trade remain at a 40 year high after rising further in the December...

03 Mar 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Boiling over

Events of the last week have underscored our view that New Zealand’s export...

03 Mar 2014 Weekly Commentary

Swings and roundabouts

New Zealand’s housing market is clearly slowing, and retailers ended 2013...

24 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary