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Economic Overview Special topic: Migration
Over the past year migrants have arrived in New Zealand in record numbers…
Economic Overview Special topic: Artificial Intelligence
Firms that embed Artificial Intelligence (AI) will generate productivity and…
Jobs data locks in RBNZ pause
Last week we published our latest quarterly Economic Overview. The broad outlook…
NZ labour market review, Q3 2023
The labour market unambiguously weakened in the September quarter...
Wage growth peaking as unemployment rises?
While recent softer-than-expected CPI data has probably taken the prospect of a...
Hawks, doves, and kiwis
The RBNZ has had a tough balancing act to manage in recent months…
Watching, worrying, and still waiting
We no longer expect the RBNZ to increase the OCR at its November policy meeting…
NZ labour market preview, Q3 2023
While still positive, jobs growth appears to have slowed in recent months…
NZ Dairy Update
We have shifted our 2023/24 milk price forecast up to $7.25/kg…
Change of OCR call and NZ CPI review, Q3 2023
We now expect no change in the OCR at the November Monetary Policy Statement…
The General Election – preliminary results and next steps
Election night results from the 2023 General Election indicate that the centre-right…
The people have spoken
Saturday’s General Election saw the balance of power in New Zealand’s political…