A look back

In 2013 New Zealand has cheered on the unbeaten All Blacks, once again...

16 Dec 2013 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumers have become much more optimistic about the economy, and more...

16 Dec 2013 Confidence surveys

Home Truths

Three months ago, the September edition of Home Truths predicted that the housing...

13 Dec 2013 Housing

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, Dec 2013

The Reserve Bank maintained its message that the OCR will need to go up next year...

12 Dec 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ GDP and current account preview, Q3 2013

We estimate that GDP rose 1.4% in the September quarter, following a 0.2% rise...

11 Dec 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

A question of timing

The Reserve Bank is going into this week’s interest rate decision armed with plenty...

09 Dec 2013 Weekly Commentary

New Zealand MPS Preview, December 2013

We expect the December MPS will repeat the RBNZ’s previous message that...

05 Dec 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ building activity survey, Q3 2013

Building work put in place rose 1.4% in the September quarter, with a strong jump...

04 Dec 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

International dairy prices remain very high. After trending lower over the previous...

04 Dec 2013 Agri

NZ terms of trade review, Q3 2013

New Zealand’s terms of trade jumped 7.5% in the September quarter, hitting a new...

02 Dec 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

The waiting is the hardest part

With the New Zealand economy showing some serious upward momentum...

02 Dec 2013 Weekly Commentary

Credit Check

Private sector credit grew 0.4% in October (adjusted for seasonality), much the same...

29 Nov 2013 Economic data and RBNZ