Upping the ante

Softer CPI data and the announcement of further macroprudential measures likely...

25 Jul 2016 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

We’ve been sceptical of forestry prices being able to maintain their current levels...

20 Jul 2016 Agri

NZ Consumer Price Index review, Q2 2016

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in the June quarter, less than market...

18 Jul 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

The message

The past week has been characterised by a back-and-forth of views about where the...

18 Jul 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Consumer Price Index preview, Q2 2016

We expect a 0.5% increase in the June Consumer Price Index (CPI), both quarterly...

13 Jul 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand debt and house prices climbing rapidly

Household debt levels in New Zealand have continued to break records...

12 Jul 2016 Research papers

NZIER Quarterly Survey of Opinion, June 2016

Business confidence rebounded over the June quarter, as firms appeared to...

11 Jul 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Flying kiwi

The rampant New Zealand housing market received much air time last week and...

11 Jul 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Local Knowledge

Activity indicators were mixed in May, with only slightly more rises than falls...

07 Jul 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Well, they did it. They finally really did it. On 24 June Britain voted to leave the...

06 Jul 2016 Agri

London calling

The past week has been dominated by heightened uncertainty following the...

04 Jul 2016 Weekly Commentary

Breaking up is hard to do: The aftermath of the Brexit vote

It will take around two years for the UK to negotiate the terms of its exit from the EU...

28 Jun 2016 Research papers