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New Zealand businesses often lack scale and as a nation productivity growth has lagged…

11 Sep 2023 Weekly Commentary

Updated New Zealand FX and bond yield forecasts

We have updated our forecasts for NZ bond yields and the NZD/USD exchange…

06 Sep 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Global dairy prices lifted overnight. However, the price rise only partially…

06 Sep 2023 Agri

Can Goldilocks hold the bears at bay?

The New Zealand economy is flirting with recession. Notably, in its most recent policy…

04 Sep 2023 Weekly Commentary

The long and bumpy road to balance

Last week I had the opportunity to spend time talking with customers around the…

28 Aug 2023 Weekly Commentary

Milk price forecast update

The short-term outlook for global dairy prices is weak and the timing for any price…

21 Aug 2023 Agri

New Zealand Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) 2023 preview

The Treasury will publish the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) on…

21 Aug 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

The great rebalancing – what it means for you or your business

In the last couple of weeks both Westpac and the RBNZ provided an update on how…

21 Aug 2023 Weekly Commentary

Review of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement August 2023

OCR remained at 5.5% as Westpac and the market had expected…

16 Aug 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Global dairy prices plunged overnight. Whole milk powder prices are now at…

16 Aug 2023 Agri

Steady as she goes!

Last week we released our quarterly Economic Overview. The key theme was…

14 Aug 2023 Weekly Commentary

Economic Overview: The great rebalancing?

Several imbalances are clearly evident in the New Zealand economy. Most fundamentally…

10 Aug 2023 Economic Overview