Credit Check

Credit growth accelerated in August, with the details reflecting a housing market...

30 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Export Gold

We take the opportunity of a quiet data week to review the state of the New Zealand...

30 Sep 2013 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealanders’ employment confidence waned slightly in September, after four...

30 Sep 2013 Confidence surveys

On course

The US Fed’s decision to delay ‘tapering’ has sent the NZ dollar back into the...

23 Sep 2013 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Optimism in Canterbury continues to surge, with the region now the most optimistic...

23 Sep 2013 Confidence surveys

NZ GDP review, Q2 2013

GDP rose by 0.2% in the June 2013 quarter, beating our forecast of a 0.1% decline...

19 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Current Account review, Q2 2013

The current account deficit narrowed to 4.3% of GDP in the year to June...

18 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

It has been a pretty incredible year so far as prices for New Zealand’s primary exports...

18 Sep 2013 Agri

Sleeping beauty is awake - Tourism sector update

The tourism sector has been in the doldrums for most of the last ten years...

18 Sep 2013 Research papers, Economic data and RBNZ

Shine a light

The Reserve Bank inched one small step closer to hiking the OCR when it delivered...

16 Sep 2013 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

Judging by this month’s Real Estate Institute data, the housing market is trucking along...

16 Sep 2013 Housing

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has eased slightly from three months ago...

16 Sep 2013 Confidence surveys