Notes from Dominick Stephens' tour of Europe

I recently returned from two weeks visiting customers in the United Kingdom and...

13 Mar 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Keep it simple - RBNZ MPS review

The Reserve Bank left the OCR unchanged at 3.50% and signalled that it has no...

12 Mar 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q4 2014

We estimate that GDP rose by 0.7% in the December quarter, led by continued...

11 Mar 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ taking centre stage

It’s all eyes on the RBNZ right now. The past week saw the release of their latest...

09 Mar 2015 Weekly Commentary

NZ Local Knowledge

The balance of indicators remained very strong over the three months to December...

06 Mar 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

March 2015 Monetary Policy Statement preview

The RBNZ is expected to keep the OCR on hold next week, and the accompanying...

05 Mar 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ building activity survey, Q4 2014

Building work put in place rose 0.3% in the December quarter, capping off a 17%...

04 Mar 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

The dry conditions over much of New Zealand will have a significant impact...

04 Mar 2015 Agri

NZ Terms of Trade, Q4 2014

The terms of trade fell by 1.9% in the December quarter, in line with our forecast...

02 Mar 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

A tight squeeze

While second-tier for markets, last week’s local economic news further...

02 Mar 2015 Weekly Commentary

Dry run

The undertone of last week’s data was that the New Zealand economy remains...

23 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices rose another 10% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, including...

18 Feb 2015 Agri