NZ Local Knowledge

The indicators presented here – 20 unique series, plus a few subsets and...

04 Jul 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

China is clearly a key market for New Zealand, taking more than a quarter of our...

02 Jul 2014 Agri

Second chances

Recent data give us no reason to expect the RBNZ to depart from the plans it set...

30 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealanders’ confidence about the labour market rose further in June...

30 Jun 2014 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence remains in optimistic territory throughout...

24 Jun 2014 Confidence surveys

As good as it gets?

Last week was the climax of the New Zealand quarterly data calendar...

23 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP review, Q1 2014

GDP rose by 1.0% in the March 2014 quarter, a little less than market expectations...

19 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ current account review, Q1 2014

New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed from 3.4% to 2.8% of GDP in the...

18 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

While it is often the dairy sector which dominates the headlines in the...

18 Jun 2014 Agri

Tougher choices

Last week the Reserve Bank increased the OCR for a third consecutive time to 3.25%...

16 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

Just as we thought we were getting some clarity on the direction of house prices...

16 Jun 2014 Housing

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has edged lower, but remains near nine-year highs...

16 Jun 2014 Confidence surveys