Review of RBNZ October 2023 Monetary Policy Review

The RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 5.5% as expected. The tone of the accompanying…

04 Oct 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Global dairy prices lifted for the third successive auction overnight…

04 Oct 2023 Agri

Pre-election primer

Given plausible coalition possibilities after the 14 October General Election…

04 Oct 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Searching for direction

A key focus for the coming week will be the upcoming RBNZ Monetary Policy Review on…

02 Oct 2023 Weekly Commentary

Preview of RBNZ October 2023 Monetary Policy Review

We think the RBNZ will keep the OCR at 5.5% at next week’s meeting…

28 Sep 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence fell by 7.4 points to 98.3 in the September quarter…

27 Sep 2023 Confidence surveys

Some rough and some smooth

Last week was a bumper one for data in New Zealand. It also contained a few surprises…

25 Sep 2023 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

The ‘squeeze’ on households’ finances is continuing, with further increases…

22 Sep 2023 Confidence surveys

NZ GDP review, Q2 2023

GDP rebounded by 0.9% in the June quarter, just 0.1ppt above our forecast…

21 Sep 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Global dairy prices lifted for the second successive auction overnight…

20 Sep 2023 Agri

Housing market turn up as migrant numbers surge

Last week saw the release of data casting light on various aspects of the economy…

18 Sep 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP preview, Q2 2023

We have pencilled in a 0.8% rebound in GDP for the June quarter…

15 Sep 2023 Economic data and RBNZ