From “Fast and Furious” to “Frozen” – RBNZ to keep the OCR on hold

In New Zealand, Wednesday’s RBNZ monetary policy review will be the focus for the market…

10 Jul 2023 Weekly Commentary

Proposed Government reforms to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme

The Government has come to the view that New Zealand is not taking sufficient…

05 Jul 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Preview of RBNZ July 2023 Monetary Policy Review

The Reserve Bank will leave the OCR at 5.50% at its July policy review…

05 Jul 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Global dairy prices ratcheted lower overnight continuing an already established…

05 Jul 2023 Agri

Cooling, but not cracking

Recent indicators show that the previously red-hot labour market is cooling off a bit…

03 Jul 2023 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

Employment confidence fell by 3.9 points to 105.6 in the June quarter…

27 Jun 2023 Confidence surveys

Household finances still in the vice

The mood among New Zealand households has remained gloomy in the face of mounting…

26 Jun 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ Dairy Update

Global dairy prices were as flat as a pancake overnight. This result is consistent…

21 Jun 2023 Agri

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

New Zealand households remain deeply pessimistic about the economic…

20 Jun 2023 Confidence surveys

More slowing to go

Last week’s GDP report showed that the New Zealand economy is steadily cooling down…

19 Jun 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP review, Q1 2023

GDP fell by 0.1% in the March quarter. That was ahead of our -0.4%...

15 Jun 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Cheese cutter

Global dairy consumers have fallen in love with cheese, with cheese prices sizzling at…

12 Jun 2023 Weekly Commentary