Yin and yang

Rarely do all parts of the NZ economy move perfectly in synch. A much more common...

08 Sep 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ building activity survey, Q2 2014

Building work put in place rose 1% in the June quarter, following a 15% increase...

03 Sep 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Falling dairy prices have been hogging the headlines in recent months. And fair...

03 Sep 2014 Agri

RBNZ September 2014 MPS Preview

The OCR will be left unchanged at 3.5% next week. Given the looming election, the...

02 Sep 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Local Knowledge

The balance of indicators was positive again in July, showing that the economy...

02 Sep 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Terms of Trade, Q2 2014

The terms of trade rose by 0.3% in the June quarter, against expectations for a decline...

01 Sep 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Bits and bobs

The early part of last week was dominated by news from offshore. At a major central...

01 Sep 2014 Weekly Commentary

Overcooked

The events of the last week reinforced the message that conditions for the...

25 Aug 2014 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices showed signs of stabilisation in last night’s GDT auction. The headline...

20 Aug 2014 Agri

Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update Review

Treasury’s latest update of its fiscal and economic forecasts contained few...

19 Aug 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Taking a breather

Last week we released our latest Quarterly Economic Outlook. If you haven’t seen...

18 Aug 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ Retail sales review, Q2 2014

Retail sales picked up the pace again in the June quarter, rising 1.2%. The rebound was...

14 Aug 2014 Economic data and RBNZ