The inflation dragon is back in its cave

New Zealand inflation has dropped back inside the RBNZ’s target…

21 Oct 2024 Weekly Commentary

The wait is over

Going into the October RBNZ policy review, the only question was the…

14 Oct 2024 Weekly Commentary

What are you waiting for?

We’ve made some significant adjustments to our forecasts for the OCR…

07 Oct 2024 Weekly Commentary

Will the RBNZ be ‘slow and steady’ or ‘fast and furious’?

The RBNZ has now fired the starting gun on the easing cycle. But how…

30 Sep 2024 Weekly Commentary

More of the same

With economic activity continuing to contract, questions are swirling…

23 Sep 2024 Weekly Commentary

Rolling maul, but not rolling over

Thursday’s GDP report is likely to show a continuation of the…

16 Sep 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP preview, Q2 2024

We expect a 0.4% fall in GDP for the June 2024 quarter, continuing…

11 Sep 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Better times ahead for the dairy sector

Last week was a quiet one for data and events in New Zealand, leaving…

09 Sep 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ Agri Update

We have revised up our farmgate milk price forecast for this season...

04 Sep 2024 Agri

Bounce-back watch

Financial conditions have eased significantly in the last two months…

02 Sep 2024 Weekly Commentary

Back to data watching

The RBNZ is open to accelerating the pace of rate cuts, depending on the data…

26 Aug 2024 Weekly Commentary

Agriculture Monthly Roundup, August 2024

Welcome to our new monthly report on the agricultural sector…

21 Aug 2024 Agri