NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, December quarter 2016

After a strong rise in September, business confidence and firms’ expectations for...

17 Jan 2017 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence rose sharply in most parts of New Zealand in the...

17 Jan 2017 Confidence surveys

Happy New Year!

We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable break and wish you all the best for 2017...

16 Jan 2017 Weekly Commentary

It’s a wrap

This is our final weekly commentary for 2016. And what a year it has been...

19 Dec 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Households are feeling jolly, with consumer confidence rising for a second quarter...

19 Dec 2016 Confidence surveys

Wind in the sails - NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q3 2016

We estimate that GDP rose 0.8% in the September quarter, holding annual growth...

15 Dec 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Home Truths

There’s been growing discussion recently about whether the housing market has...

15 Dec 2016 Housing

Tip top summer

There was a raft of developments on the political and economic fronts over the past...

12 Dec 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2016

Treasury’s upgraded economic growth forecasts underpin a more positive outlook...

08 Dec 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Local Knowledge

The New Zealand economy is humming along nicely. Annual growth hit 3.6%...

07 Dec 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

In our final Fortnightly Agri Update for 2016, we thought it appropriate to step back...

07 Dec 2016 Agri

Safe and sound?

Last week the Reserve Bank released its semi-annual Financial Stability Report...

05 Dec 2016 Weekly Commentary