Comings and goings

Friday’s Brexit vote came from left field for markets. While the risk that Britain...

27 Jun 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence fell in the June quarter, reversing gains made earlier...

27 Jun 2016 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

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

23 Jun 2016 Confidence surveys

Weight of numbers

Over the last couple of years, New Zealand has been buffeted by the loss of two major...

20 Jun 2016 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has fallen for a second quarter. Confidence is now well...

20 Jun 2016 Confidence surveys

Home Truths

The REINZ House Price Index has now risen 6.9% over the past three months...

17 Jun 2016 Housing

NZ GDP review, Q1 2016

GDP rose by 0.7% in the March quarter, slightly ahead of market expectations...

16 Jun 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Global dairy prices continued to stumble around at low levels in last night’s...

16 Jun 2016 Agri

NZ current account review, Q1 2016

The current account deficit narrowed to 3.0% of GDP in the year to March, in line...

15 Jun 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Industry Insights: Commercial Property

More than many other sectors we cover in our Industry Insights series, commercial...

15 Jun 2016 Research papers, Industry

Holding fire

Last week the RBNZ hit the pause button on further interest rate cuts. It retained its...

13 Jun 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q1 2016

We estimate that GDP rose by 0.6% in the March quarter, led by a surge in...

10 Jun 2016 Economic data and RBNZ