NZ Retail Sales Review, Q4 2013

Retail sales rebounded less strongly than expected in the September quarter...

17 Feb 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Cream of the Crop

Last week we published our latest Quarterly Economic Overview, our flagship...

17 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

Economic Overview: Cream of the crop

Over 2013 the New Zealand economy closely followed the narrative we laid out for it at...

11 Feb 2014 Economic Overview

Onwards and upwards

Recent developments – a slowly strengthening New Zealand labour market...

10 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market review, Q4 2013

The labour market continued to strengthen in the December 2013 quarter, with the...

05 Feb 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

High prices for New Zealand’s commodity exports, in particular dairy, have become...

05 Feb 2014 Agri

Playing in the V

All eyes were firmly on the Reserve Bank’s January OCR Review last week...

03 Feb 2014 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q4 2013

Labour market indicators suggest there was a further modest improvement in the...

31 Jan 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

RBNZ OCR Review

The RBNZ left the OCR on hold at 2.5%, and gave a clear signal that the OCR is likely...

30 Jan 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Curtain raiser

The recent run of strong economic data has solidified the case for higher interest...

28 Jan 2014 Weekly Commentary

Preview of RBNZ OCR Review

The economic situation warrants hiking the OCR this year. The remaining question...

23 Jan 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

The dairy sector was the undoubted headline act of 2013. And like Meryl Streep...

22 Jan 2014 Agri