Home Truths

The housing market has been roaring ahead for most of 2013. But a couple of months...

12 Nov 2013 Housing

Speed limits

Last week’s labour data provided further confirmation that the economy grew...

11 Nov 2013 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market review, Q3 2013

The unemployment rate continued its downward trend in the September quarter...

06 Nov 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

Every once in a while it is useful to stop and take a step back and look at the bigger...

06 Nov 2013 Agri

Economic Overview: Speed limits

The “Speed Limits” referred to in the title of this Economic Overview are the...

05 Nov 2013 Economic Overview

NZ labour market preview, Q3 2013

We expect a small drop in the unemployment rate and modest...

04 Nov 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

On the straight and narrow

Thursday’s October OCR Review by the Reserve Bank was the focus for markets...

04 Nov 2013 Weekly Commentary

Credit Check

Monthly credit growth slowed modestly to 0.4% in September on a seasonally...

01 Nov 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand OCR Review, October 2013

The stance of monetary policy is unchanged – the RBNZ expects to increase the OCR...

31 Oct 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Living in New Zealand comes back into fashion

The New Zealand economy is quite volatile compared to others in the OECD...

29 Oct 2013 Weekly Commentary

NZ October OCR preview

We expect the overall tone of the October OCR Review will be slightly more...

23 Oct 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand's neutral OCR: a moving feast

The neutral OCR was probably above 6% before the Global Financial Crisis...

22 Oct 2013 Economic data and RBNZ, Research papers