Year of the Snake to see lower inflation, but economic activity remains mixed for now

The latest updates on the New Zealand economy were a green light for…

24 Jan 2025 Weekly Commentary

Happier New Year?

After some astonishingly weak updates on the New Zealand economy at the end of…

20 Jan 2025 Weekly Commentary

NZ fiscal update, January 2025

The HYEFU unveiled a much larger-than-expected deterioration in the fiscal outlook…

17 Jan 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ CPI preview, Q4 2024

We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 0.5% in the December...

16 Jan 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

Retail Spending Pulse

It was a soft end to the year for many New Zealand retailers. Our retail…

16 Jan 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence rose by 2.4 points to 91.6 in the December quarter, reversing…

15 Jan 2025 Confidence surveys

Outlook for 2025 and week ahead calendar

Happy New Year to all our readers! We hope you all had a break and some…

13 Jan 2025 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ GDP review, Q3 2024

The New Zealand economy shrank by 1% in the September quarter, a much starker…

19 Dec 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

OCR change of call

The OCR looks set to end 2025 at 3.25% - lower than previously thought…

19 Dec 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

We’re into the holiday season and the pessimism that’s been widespread…

18 Dec 2024 Confidence surveys

Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update and Budget Policy Statement 2024

The HYEFU revealed a significantly weaker fiscal outlook than portrayed in Budget 2024…

17 Dec 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Step into Christmas

December is starting to resemble an advent calendar for economists…

16 Dec 2024 Weekly Commentary