NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, September 2016

Business confidence strengthened in the September quarter to its highest level...

04 Oct 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

A spring in their step

We’ve released our surveys of confidence in conjunction with McDermott Miller in the...

03 Oct 2016 Weekly Commentary

Retail spending by region: From Cape Reinga to Bluff

Retail spending in the New Zealand economy has been growing at a solid pace...

29 Sep 2016 Research papers, Industry

Sticking to the script

The RBNZ left the OCR on hold at its September review, but continued to signal...

26 Sep 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence showed a marked improvement in September...

26 Sep 2016 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence – whether residents believe their local economy will...

23 Sep 2016 Confidence surveys

RBNZ OCR review, September 2016

The RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 2% as was widely expected. Much of the language...

22 Sep 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices took their foot off the accelerator in last night’s...

21 Sep 2016 Agri

Smooth sailing

June quarter GDP data confirmed that the NZ economy remains on a firm footing...

19 Sep 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has picked up, but it remains a little below average levels...

19 Sep 2016 Confidence surveys

NZ Home Truths

It’s been a busy few months for the housing market, with some big moves in house...

16 Sep 2016 Housing

RBNZ OCR preview, September 2016

We expect the Reserve Bank to hold the OCR at 2% next week. In August the RBNZ...

16 Sep 2016 Economic data and RBNZ