Wholesaling in New Zealand – Pushing the digital limits

Disintermediation, increasing new market entrants and growing customer expectations…

17 Oct 2022 Research papers, Industry

Even less bang for your buck

This week’s Consumers Price Index is set to reveal another big rise in prices…

17 Oct 2022 Weekly Commentary

NZ CPI preview, Q3 2022

We expect the upcoming Consumers Price Index will show that New Zealand…

13 Oct 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

Home Truths

New Zealand’s housing market remains soft, with a low level of sales and…

13 Oct 2022 Housing

Another 50 points, and even more to come

As expected, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand raised the Official Cash Rate by…

10 Oct 2022 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ Monetary Policy Review, Oct 2022

The Reserve Bank increased the OCR by another 50 basis points to 3.50%...

05 Oct 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy auction prices slid overnight. The fall comes as the US dollar has surged…

05 Oct 2022 Agri

The good, the bad, and the currency.

We’ve revised up our forecast of how high the Official Cash Rate will need to go in the…

03 Oct 2022 Weekly Commentary

Change in OCR forecast and RBNZ preview

We have revised up our forecast to a peak of 4.5% for the Official Cash Rate…

30 Sep 2022 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

The Employment Confidence Index rose to 115.2 in September, setting a new…

28 Sep 2022 Confidence surveys

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Households’ confidence in their regional economies has remained mostly in…

27 Sep 2022 Confidence surveys

Households feeling the pinch

The pressures in the household sector are becoming more pronounced and a…

27 Sep 2022 Weekly Commentary