Grocery retailing – Positive steps, but not transformative

Recommended changes to how New Zealand's supermarket duopoly operates...

12 May 2023 Research papers, Industry

NZ Budget preview, May 2023

We expect Budget 2023 will show a moderate deterioration in New Zealand’s…

10 May 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Missing the trifecta

The monetary policy cycle in New Zealand is well advanced, and we are getting closer to…

08 May 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market review, Q1 2023

The unemployment rate held steady at 3.4% in the March quarter, in line with...

03 May 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Waiting for the turn

With inflation now clearly past its highs, it looks likely that the May policy decision will…

01 May 2023 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q1 2023

We expect the unemployment rate to hold steady at 3.4% for the March quarter…

28 Apr 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Early signs of slow thaw in inflation

Inflation was weaker than we and other analysts expected in the early part of this year…

24 Apr 2023 Weekly Commentary

Rural cost inflation - light at the end of the tunnel

Annual rural cost inflation stands at a whopping 15.3% in the December 2022 quarter…

21 Apr 2023 Agri

NZ CPI review, Q1 2023

Inflation was weaker than we and other analysts expected in the early part…

20 Apr 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy auction prices posted solid gains overnight. Ending a weak run of four…

19 Apr 2023 Agri

NZ CPI preview, Q1 2023

We estimate that New Zealand consumer prices rose by 1.5% in the March quarter…

17 Apr 2023 Economic data and RBNZ

Inflation – a business perspective

We expect data this week to show that inflation was still running red hot over the…

17 Apr 2023 Weekly Commentary