NZ retail trade, Q4 2014

Real retail sales accelerated further in the December quarter, rising 1.7%...

16 Feb 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

A plus and a minus

In recent weeks we have variously discussed the impact on the economy of plunging...

16 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

Housing market activity positively surged after last year’s election had passed...

13 Feb 2015 Housing

NZ Local Knowledge

The balance of activity indicators remained strong through November and December...

11 Feb 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Economic Overview: The good oil

As we developed this Economic Overview, two powerful themes pervaded our...

10 Feb 2015 Economic Overview

Staying on course

Following recent sharp falls in oil prices and the related softening in the inflation...

09 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

Q4 labour market review

Although unemployment unexpectedly rose in December, conditions in the labour...

04 Feb 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

The emerging drought in New Zealand is now clearly having an effect on dairy...

04 Feb 2015 Agri

A new tack

For some time the big story in the world of economics has been plunging global oil...

02 Feb 2015 Weekly Commentary

Q4 labour market preview

The robust domestic economy is supporting increases in employment. But it is also...

30 Jan 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ OCR review, January 2015

The Reserve Bank has abandoned any talk of OCR hikes, and is now ambivalent...

29 Jan 2015 Economic data and RBNZ

The tide has turned

Last week’s December quarter 2014 Consumer Price Index (CPI) was softer than...

27 Jan 2015 Weekly Commentary