Economic Overview: Signs of spring?

Having endured the chill winds of a slowdown, it is nice to see signs of spring...

19 Nov 2019 Economic Overview

Line call

Last week the Reserve Bank surprised markets (again) by keeping the Official...

18 Nov 2019 Weekly Commentary

Review of RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, November 2019

The RBNZ kept the OCR on hold at 1.0%. Markets were shocked, but we are less...

13 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Not bad, considering

The New Zealand economy has been slowing since 2016, and that came through...

11 Nov 2019 Weekly Commentary

Nail biter – Preview of the RBNZ's MPS

We expect the RBNZ to keep the OCR unchanged at the November MPS...

08 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, Q3 2019

New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the September quarter...

06 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction saw healthy gains, the recent modest...

06 Nov 2019 Agri

Hold the horses

We are no longer expecting the Reserve Bank to reduce the OCR at its next Monetary...

04 Nov 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q3 2019

We expect the unemployment rate to rise to 4.2% in the September quarter...

01 Nov 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Hold the horses – Change of OCR call

We are now forecasting no change in the OCR at the November MPS. The balance...

31 Oct 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Changing fortunes

In the past week we published new research on commercial property and the...

29 Oct 2019 Weekly Commentary

A ‘just transition’ for Taranaki

The Taranaki economy has for many years been a strong performer, with much of its...

24 Oct 2019 Research papers