First Impressions Budget 2014

The highlight of Budget 2014 was a notable increase in the spending allowance...

15 May 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand Government Budget 2014

The Government has decided to increase future spending allowances, without any...

15 May 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ retail sales, Q1 2014

Retail sales growth slowed in the March quarter, rising 0.7%. This was a bit softer...

14 May 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Home Truths

Last month Home Truths complained about a temporary state of disarray in...

14 May 2014 Housing

Economic Overview: Doing more with less

In this edition of the Economic Overview we are easing up on the pessimism a little...

13 May 2014 Economic Overview

NZ 2014 Budget Preview, May 2014

Finance Minister Bill English is likely to repeat familiar cautious rhetoric when...

12 May 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Good behaviour

The March quarter labour market figures confirmed that a hiring spree is under way...

12 May 2014 Weekly Commentary

Change of RBNZ call

We have changed our OCR call in response to the high exchange rate...

08 May 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, Q1 2014

Employment rose sharply again in the March 2014 quarter, with an equally sharp rise...

07 May 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices eased a little further overnight, with the headline GDT index down 1.1%...

07 May 2014 Agri

Time to loosen the screws?

New Zealanders go to the polls in 2014 and with the election now a little...

05 May 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ Credit Check

This Credit Check takes a look at how the RBNZ’s high-LVR lending restrictions...

01 May 2014 Economic data and RBNZ