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The rules have changed
After years of benign economic conditions globally, markets and policymakers...
The grass will be greener
After difficult growing conditions in 2007, 2008 is shaping up much better...
Housing down, but inflation not out
The weak housing market will reduce inflation pressure via the wealth effect...
House of sticks or bricks?
New Zealand’s housing market has slowed dramatically...
Forecasting the NZD/AUD
Fair Value for the NZD/AUD is currently just below 0.87, up from 0.82...
A forecasting model for the NZD/AUD exchange rate
This paper takes a two-step approach to forecasting the New Zealand Dollar...
Converting milk flow to cash flow
Timing of dairy cash flows will be important for general economy performance...
Finance company stakeout
New Zealand finance companies have felt the chill of the global credit...
When greed turns to fear
Sub-prime losses will pop up in strange places, but it’s gone far...
You can’t always get what you want
New Zealand is enjoying a truly huge commodity price boom...
Westpac submission to the Inquiry into the future monetary policy framework
Westpac fully endorses the current monetary policy framework...
Creaming it
Both NZ and Australia have been enjoying booming commodity prices...