Upside inflation pressures (and where to find them)

Over the past few weeks a number of key economic indicators have surprised to...

21 Oct 2019 Weekly Commentary

New Zealand’s commercial property outlook

In recent years, the combination of firm economic activity and very low interest...

21 Oct 2019 Research papers

It won’t happen overnight

The housing market continued to cool in April. However, we expect to see it picking...

20 Oct 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ CPI review, Q3 2019

Consumer prices rose by 0.7% in the September quarter, higher than forecast...

16 Oct 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Milk Price Forecasts Update

We have revised up our forecast of Fonterra’s farmgate milk price for this season...

16 Oct 2019 Agri

NZ Dairy Update

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction again resulted in little change to prices overall...

16 Oct 2019 Agri

Home Truths

The latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand has continued to...

15 Oct 2019 Housing

A narrowing of differences

The nature of New Zealand’s economic slowdown has started to change...

14 Oct 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ fiscal accounts for the year to June 2019

The Government’s accounts for the June 2019 financial year remained in reasonable...

11 Oct 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Preview of NZ CPI, September quarter 2019

We expect a 0.6% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the September quarter...

11 Oct 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Regional Roundup

The nature of New Zealand’s economic slowdown is evolving, and that’s affecting...

08 Oct 2019 Regional Roundup

Balancing act

Falling business confidence supports our view that economic growth will be softer...

07 Oct 2019 Weekly Commentary