Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

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

16 Sep 2013 Confidence surveys

NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q2 2013

We estimate that GDP fell 0.1% in the June quarter, following a 0.3% rise in...

13 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

September 2013 Monetary Policy Statement review

The Reserve Bank delivered a clear message today that it is likely to begin an...

12 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Taking a back seat

In the July OCR review, the Reserve Bank gave a clear reminder that the next...

09 Sep 2013 Weekly Commentary

September 2013 Monetary Policy Statement preview

The September MPS will likely foreshadow earlier OCR hikes than the June...

05 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Building Work Q2 2013 Review

Building work put in place fell 0.4% in the June quarter, losing some of the...

04 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

World milk prices continue to defy gravity. This comes as a genuine surprise...

04 Sep 2013 Agri

Q2 Terms of trade review 2013

New Zealand’s terms of trade are booming. Dairy will steal all the headlines...

02 Sep 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

The inflation debate continues

Last week’s developments did little to change our thinking on the New Zealand...

02 Sep 2013 Weekly Commentary

Macroprudential tools: the international experience

In this article we review four international case studies of macroprudential tools...

28 Aug 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Invention and intervention

The Reserve Bank headed into the unknown last week, intervening in the housing...

26 Aug 2013 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Overall, world dairy prices are back where they started following the Fonterra whey...

21 Aug 2013 Agri