Spotlighting agriculture

One of the key events last week was the Global Dairy Trade auction…

10 Jun 2024 Weekly Commentary

Budget 2024 confirms bumpy road back to surplus

The focus in New Zealand last week was the release of Budget 2024…

04 Jun 2024 Weekly Commentary

This is what it sounds like when hawks fly

While delivering the expected on-hold decision at its May policy meeting…

27 May 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy prices rose a further 3.3% in today’s auction. All products rose…

22 May 2024 Agri

Westpac New Zealand RBNZ pulse client survey

Market participants see an earlier start to RBNZ easing than RBNZ…

20 May 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Persistent inflation to keep the champagne stoppered

New Zealand is now doing the hard yards that are needed to bring the…

20 May 2024 Weekly Commentary

Preview of New Zealand Budget 2024

Budget 2024 on 30 May will provide the first complete official costings of the...

17 May 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Preview of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, May 2024

We expect the RBNZ will leave the OCR at 5.5% at its May Monetary Policy Statement…

15 May 2024 Economic data and RBNZ

Mixed news as RBNZ meeting draws closer into view

The local and international data flow was relatively light last week, leaving the…

13 May 2024 Weekly Commentary

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy prices rose by 1.8% in today’s auction – totally wrong-footing futures markets…

08 May 2024 Agri

Slow progress

The labour market is clearly softening, and we’re likely to see further rises…

06 May 2024 Weekly Commentary

Hawks, doves, and kiwis

Financial markets and economic commentators’ views have continued to…

02 May 2024 Economic data and RBNZ