NZ Consumer Price Index preview, Q1 2016

We expect a 0.1% increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the March quarter...

13 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Dairy Scary

Although the New Zealand economy recorded solid growth in the latter half of...

11 Apr 2016 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Last week Westpac Economics released an Industry Insight report on the...

06 Apr 2016 Agri

NZ Local Knowledge

The indicators for February provided more evidence of a slow start to the year for...

05 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

NZIER Quarterly Survey of Opinion, March 2016

Businesses reported solid results over the last three months, suggesting some...

05 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Confidence confirms contrasts

Last week, two separate confidence surveys reconfirmed our view that a dichotomy...

04 Apr 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence improved further in the March quarter, and now sits a little...

04 Apr 2016 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Dairy’s woes have re-emerged as the major factor affecting regional economic...

30 Mar 2016 Confidence surveys

Industry Insights: Fishing, Aquaculture & Seafood

The Fishing, Aquaculture and Seafood sector is experiencing falling employment...

30 Mar 2016 Research papers, Industry

Spotlight on household spending

This week we take a closer look at the outlook for household spending, which was...

29 Mar 2016 Weekly Commentary

Running to stand still

The New Zealand economy put in a reasonable performance over the second...

21 Mar 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence nudged down in the early part of 2016 as households...

21 Mar 2016 Confidence surveys