Where should we build?

We have assessed housing supply in each region of New Zealand except Canterbury...

19 Mar 2013 Research papers, Economic data and RBNZ

Q4 GDP and Current Account preview

We estimate that GDP rose 1.2% in the December quarter, making up lost...

18 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

The horns of a dilemma

The RBNZ reiterated its ‘on hold’ outlook for the OCR last week, but threw markets...

18 Mar 2013 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence fell by a smidgen. Current conditions improved further...

18 Mar 2013 Confidence surveys

March 2013 MPS Review

The RBNZ reiterated the “on hold” outlook for the OCR in today’s Monetary Policy...

14 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

Building blocks

The New Zealand economy is gaining momentum. The rebuild effort in...

11 Mar 2013 Weekly Commentary

March 2013 MPS Preview

We expect the RBNZ to repeat its simple “on hold” outlook for the OCR...

08 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

A first look at macroprudential policy tools

The Reserve Bank is close to finalising its suite of macroprudential policy tools...

04 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ, Research papers

Pluses and minuses

Regular readers will know that we have long been optimistic about New Zealand’s...

04 Mar 2013 Weekly Commentary

Q4 Terms of Trade

New Zealand’s terms of trade clocked up its sixth consecutive fall in Q4...

01 Mar 2013 Economic data and RBNZ

A season of two halves

Drought has been declared in Northland. The rest of the North Island is also very dry...

01 Mar 2013 Research papers, Economic data and RBNZ

Credit Check

Private sector credit growth slowed a little in January. However that headline masks...

28 Feb 2013 Economic data and RBNZ