Fortnightly Agri Update

The future of globalisation and trade is a hot topic and poses interesting implications...

19 Jul 2017 Agri

NZ CPI review Q2 2017 – Been and gone

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) was unchanged in the June quarter...

18 Jul 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Challenges ahead

Over the past week, we have seen updates on several key aspects of the economic...

17 Jul 2017 Weekly Commentary

NZ CPI preview, June quarter 2017 - Back down below

We expect a 0.1% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the June quarter, which...

13 Jul 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Charting our own course

One of the big questions that economies around the globe are wrestling with...

10 Jul 2017 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Market opinion about where the world’s central banks are heading has been...

05 Jul 2017 Agri

Building foundations

This week we take a deeper dive than usual into the building consents data...

03 Jul 2017 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealand workers have become more upbeat about the state of the labour...

30 Jun 2017 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence improved in most parts of New Zealand in the...

28 Jun 2017 Confidence surveys

No surprises

The RBNZ keep the Official Cash Rate on hold last week, and we expect it will...

26 Jun 2017 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ OCR review, June 2017 – A statement of neutrality

The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 1.75%, and reiterated...

22 Jun 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

We continue to see strength in the market for lamb. This has been underpinned...

21 Jun 2017 Agri