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Home Truths
There has been a lot of commentary recently about the “slowing” housing market...
A change of mood
The persistence of low inflation, despite an obvious acceleration in the pace of...
RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, September 2014
The Reserve Bank left the Official Cash Rate (OCR) on hold as expected, but...
NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q2 2014
We estimate that GDP rose 0.7% in the June quarter, a moderate slowdown after...
In or out
Over the past 20 years, New Zealand’s labour force participation rate has risen to...
Yin and yang
Rarely do all parts of the NZ economy move perfectly in synch. A much more common...
NZ building activity survey, Q2 2014
Building work put in place rose 1% in the June quarter, following a 15% increase...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Falling dairy prices have been hogging the headlines in recent months. And fair...
RBNZ September 2014 MPS Preview
The OCR will be left unchanged at 3.5% next week. Given the looming election, the...
NZ Local Knowledge
The balance of indicators was positive again in July, showing that the economy...
NZ Terms of Trade, Q2 2014
The terms of trade rose by 0.3% in the June quarter, against expectations for a decline...
Bits and bobs
The early part of last week was dominated by news from offshore. At a major central...