NZ Dairy Update

We have revised up our farmgate milk price forecast for the current season from...

22 Jan 2020 Agri

Preview of NZ CPI, December quarter 2019

We expect a 0.4% rise in the Consumers Price Index (CPI) for the December quarter...

21 Jan 2020 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

New Zealanders are feeling a little more optimistic about the state...

21 Jan 2020 Confidence surveys

2020: The good, the bad, and an election

For our first issue of 2020, we’re taking a look at how the New Zealand economy...

20 Jan 2020 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence bounced back after three consecutive quarters of decline...

15 Jan 2020 Confidence surveys

NZ GDP review, Q3 2019 – The gift that keeps on giving

GDP rose by 0.7% in the September quarter, a stronger than expected rebound...

19 Dec 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction saw most prices decline, with the headline...

18 Dec 2019 Agri

Home Truths

In May we predicted that house price inflation would reach 7% over 2020...

17 Dec 2019 Housing

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

After falling to low levels over the past year, consumer confidence rose sharply...

17 Dec 2019 Confidence surveys

Update on the RBNZ – no OCR cut in the first half of 2020

We no longer expect the RBNZ will cut the OCR in February, or at any point over the...

16 Dec 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

That’s a wrap

Our last Weekly Commentary for 2019 is a double issue. The first couple of pages...

16 Dec 2019 Weekly Commentary

New Zealand Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update 2019

The Government has announced $12b of extra investment, dominated by transport...

11 Dec 2019 Economic data and RBNZ