Frontloading

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

02 Dec 2024 Weekly Commentary

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

Labour market in focus

In what was a relatively quiet week for domestic data, most interest…

04 Nov 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ Agri Bites

Overall commodity prices are forecast to lift off the back of higher dairy…

01 Nov 2024 Agri

NZ labour market preview, Q3 2024

We expect the unemployment rate to rise from 4.6% to 5.0%...

30 Oct 2024 Economic data and RBNZ