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

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, June 2014

The Reserve Bank today increased to OCR from 3.00% to 3.25%, and provided...

12 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ GDP and Current Account preview, Q1 2014

We estimate that GDP rose 1.2% in the March quarter, a third consecutive strong...

11 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Local Knowledge

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

10 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ

Swings and roundabouts

Last week’s soft dairy auction result, and a monster March quarter for the...

09 Jun 2014 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement Preview

We expect the RBNZ to hike the OCR by 25 basis points next week, and to...

05 Jun 2014 Economic data and RBNZ