The economy at Level 4

A four-week lockdown to counter Covid-19 is the correct decision for New Zealand…

30 Mar 2020 Weekly Commentary

A very deep recession, but hopefully brief

The Covid-19 situation has escalated dramatically and New Zealand is heading…

23 Mar 2020 Weekly Commentary

First Impressions: RBNZ provides crucial market support measures

The RBNZ has stepped up with a range of measures to support financial markets...

20 Mar 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence has fallen sharply...

20 Mar 2020 Confidence surveys

The coming recession: deep, but hopefully brief

The Covid-19 recession will be deeper than the GFC. We expect GDP to decline...

19 Mar 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

First Impressions: NZ GDP, Q4 2019

GDP increased by 0.5% in the December quarter, with the economy growing by 2.3%...

19 Mar 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction resulted in a decline in the headline price...

18 Mar 2020 Agri

First Impressions: NZ Government's Covid-19 support package

The NZ Government has announced a Covid-19 economic support package worth 4%...

17 Mar 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

With New Zealand wrestling with the twin headwinds of Coronavirus and drought...

17 Mar 2020 Confidence surveys

First Impressions: RBNZ cuts by 75bp to 0.25%

The RBNZ cuts the OCR to 0.25% as the economic cost of the Covid-19 pandemic...

16 Mar 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Recession inevitable

This week we are issuing a truncated version of the Weekly Commentary with no…

16 Mar 2020 Weekly Commentary

Preview of NZ GDP and current account, Q4 2019

We expect a 0.6% rise in GDP for the December quarter, as the New Zealand...

12 Mar 2020 Economic data and RBNZ