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New Zealand Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2020
The Half-Year Economic and Fiscal Update (HYEFU) featured a significant...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices have ended 2020 on a positive note. Prices have now fully rebounded...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
After falling sharply in the wake of the Covid outbreak, consumer confidence has...
Pre-Christmas cheer
This week brings several important economic releases ahead of the Christmas...
Preview of Q3 GDP and current account
We expect a 13% rise in GDP for the September quarter. New Zealand’s...
Vaccines ready to roll
With vaccines ready and rolling out soon, financial market sentiment has turned...
Home Truths
The New Zealand housing market is currently red-hot. The REINZ House Price Index...
NZ Dairy Update
Dairy prices jumped overnight, with prices rising across the board. Increasingly, prices...
Update to Westpac’s OCR and exchange rate forecasts
We are now forecasting 25bps OCR cuts in May and August next year, taking the OCR...
Monthly Meat Matters
The New Zealand dollar jumped over November, cracking US$0.70 last week...
No easy answers
Rising house prices, and the resulting political and social fallout, have been an...
House prices and the RBNZ's Remit
The Minister of Finance proposes changing the RBNZ’s Remit, as is his right...