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Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
New Zealand workers have become more upbeat about the state of the labour...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Regional economic confidence improved in most parts of New Zealand in the...
No surprises
The RBNZ keep the Official Cash Rate on hold last week, and we expect it will...
RBNZ OCR review, June 2017 – A statement of neutrality
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75%, and reiterated...
Fortnightly Agri Update
We continue to see strength in the market for lamb. This has been underpinned...
Coming up short again
The New Zealand economy grew by 0.5% in the March quarter, which was softer...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
June saw widespread gains in consumer confidence...
RBNZ OCR preview, June 2017 – Firmly, firmly neutral
We expect the Reserve Bank to hold the OCR at 1.75% next week and to maintain...
NZ Q1 GDP review – Coming up short again
GDP rose by 0.5% in the March quarter, the second quarter in a row of subdued...
NZ current account, Q1 2017 – No cause for alarm
The current account deficit widened to 3.1% of GDP in the year to March. The increase...
NZ Local Knowledge
April was a fairly robust month for the New Zealand economy, with gains in 14...
There and back again
We expect this week’s GDP figures to show a more ‘normal’ pace of growth over the...