To LVR or not to LVR?

With the housing market continuing to slow, there have been calls for the Reserve...

21 Aug 2017 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Presently, wine is a $1.6 billion export industry for New Zealand, with a...

16 Aug 2017 Agri

Economic Overview: Throttle back

The New Zealand economy is now into its seventh year of expansion. While we do...

15 Aug 2017 Economic Overview

Expect delays

The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75% in its August...

14 Aug 2017 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ MPS review, August 2017 – A matter of time

The Reserve Bank kept the Official Cash Rate on hold at 1.75%, and made few changes...

10 Aug 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Against the tide

Last week Stats NZ gave us the lowdown on New Zealand’s labour market...

07 Aug 2017 Weekly Commentary

Monetary Policy Statement preview, August 2017

We expect the RBNZ will leave the OCR at 1.75% and reiterate that monetary...

04 Aug 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, June quarter 2017

June’s labour market figures were very close to market expectations. The...

02 Aug 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

As the new dairying season gets under way in New Zealand, we take a look at the range...

02 Aug 2017 Agri

Back to work

This week’s labour market figures are expected to show that firms are still keen...

31 Jul 2017 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, June quarter 2017

June quarter labour market figures to show that employment is continuing to rise...

28 Jul 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Old school

Last week’s inflation report confirmed that price pressures in New Zealand were...

24 Jul 2017 Weekly Commentary