Two toned

Further positive news on growth in the domestic economy contrasted starkly...

15 Feb 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Local Knowledge

In our latest quarterly Economic Overview, released this week, we noted that the...

12 Feb 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Home Truths

Last year Home Truths was of the view that the Auckland and Christchurch housing...

12 Feb 2016 Housing

Waiting is the hardest part

We’ve been forecasting the need for the OCR to fall below 2.5% for some time...

09 Feb 2016 Weekly Commentary

Economic Overview: Course correction

Last year we argued hard that the OCR would have to fall to 2.0% during 2016...

09 Feb 2016 Economic Overview

The Paris Agreement: What it means for the New Zealand economy.

New Zealand has agreed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as part...

04 Feb 2016 Research papers

Q4 Labour Market Review

The unemployment rate plummeted to 5.3% in the December quarter. This was in stark...

03 Feb 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Right now the global growth outlook is very divergent. While growth in a number...

03 Feb 2016 Agri

Big Wednesday

Regular readers will know that since July last year, Westpac has been forecasting...

02 Feb 2016 Weekly Commentary

NZ Q4 2015 Labour Market Preview

Employment growth is expected to rebound in the December quarter. However, growth...

29 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ OCR Review, January 2016

The OCR remained on hold at 2.5% at today’s OCR Review. The RBNZ warned...

28 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ

Clear cut - RBNZ OCR preview

The Reserve Bank is unlikely to change the Official Cash Rate at this Thursday’s review...

25 Jan 2016 Economic data and RBNZ