Fortnightly Agri Update

Prices nudged higher again in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, rising 2.6%...

18 May 2016 Agri

Economic Overview: Moments in time

This quarter’s title, “Moments in time”, refers to the distinct phases we expect...

17 May 2016 Economic Overview

On the sidelines

Last week’s Financial Stability Report put the run-up in debt (both households...

16 May 2016 Weekly Commentary

March 2016 quarter NZ retail sales

Following firm gains last year, retail sales growth has eased back. Nevertheless...

13 May 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Industry Insight: Media and ICT

The Media and ICT sector is changing the way all firms operate and how consumers...

12 May 2016 Research papers, Industry

Devil and the deep blue sea

The latest labour market figures confirm that the New Zealand economy is doing...

09 May 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Local Knowledge

After a relatively soft patch in February, the economy’s performance over March...

05 May 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Q1 2016 labour market review

The unemployment rate rebounded in the March quarter, lifting to 5.7%. But this only...

04 May 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

In last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, the headline price index fell 1.4%...

04 May 2016 Agri

Softly softly

All eyes were firmly on the RBNZ’s OCR review last week. In the lead up, markets...

02 May 2016 Weekly Commentary

Q1 2016 labour market preview

Indications are that the labour market started the year in good health. We expect...

29 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ OCR Review, April 2016

As expected, the OCR remained unchanged at 2.25% at today’s OCR Review...

28 Apr 2016 Economic data and RBNZ