Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence has fallen sharply heading into the holiday season…

19 Dec 2022 Confidence surveys

Timing is everything

Reflecting back on 2022, the key themes that we identified at the start of the year were a…

19 Dec 2022 Weekly Commentary

NZ GDP review, Q3 2022

GDP rose by 2% in the September quarter, well ahead of what the market…

15 Dec 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

Regional Roundup

All regions in New Zealand will see slower economic growth in the year ahead…

14 Dec 2022 Regional Roundup

First Impressions: Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update

The HYEFU painted a relatively benign picture of the Government’s books…

14 Dec 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

From ‘squeeze’ to ‘crush’ – New Zealand forecast update

We’ve downgraded our forecasts for the New Zealand economy in response to the…

12 Dec 2022 Weekly Commentary

Economic forecast update, Dec 2022

We’ve downgraded our forecasts of the New Zealand economy, to align…

09 Dec 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Overall dairy auction prices were up a touch overnight. At this juncture…

07 Dec 2022 Agri

Talk of the town

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been talking to businesses across the country. Those we spoke to…

05 Dec 2022 Weekly Commentary

It won’t happen overnight…

The Reserve Bank delivered a jumbo sized 75 basis point rise in the Official Cash Rate…

28 Nov 2022 Weekly Commentary

Review of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, November 2022

We have revised up our Official Cash Rate forecast to a peak of 5.5% by April…

23 Nov 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

Peak practice

As it prepares this week’s Monetary Policy Statement, the Reserve Bank finds itself…

21 Nov 2022 Weekly Commentary