Preview of Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update and Budget Policy Statement

On 17 December the Government will provide an update on the state…

09 Dec 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Commercial property in focus

Since peaking in 2021, the value of commercial property assets in New Zealand…

09 Dec 2024 Weekly Commentary

Frontloading

The RBNZ cut the OCR by 50bps in November to 4.25%, as was widely…

02 Dec 2024 Weekly Commentary

Review of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, November 2024

The RBNZ cut the OCR by 50bps to 4.25% at its final policy…

27 Nov 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Chief Economist travel notes UK and Europe, Nov 2024

I travelled to have discussions with key foreign clients from…

26 Nov 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac RBNZ Pulse Client Survey

There is a strong view among our customers towards a…

25 Nov 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ to take another large step towards neutral

It was a relatively quiet week for economic data in New Zealand…

25 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ Dairy Update

We have increased our farmgate milk price forecast for this season…

20 Nov 2024 Agri

Activity stabilising, inflation contained

The latest updates on activity have left us with a picture of mixed economic…

18 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ MPS preview, Nov 2024

We expect the RBNZ will cut the OCR by a further 50bps to 4.25% at its...

12 Nov 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Trump 2.0

The US 2024 election saw the return of President Trump. It also saw the…

11 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market review, Q3 2024

The unemployment rate rose further to 4.8% in the September quarter…

06 Nov 2024 Economic data and RBNZ