Q1 Building work put in place, March 2019

Total construction activity was much stronger than expected in the March...

07 Jun 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Over the Fence

The pipfruit sector is the stalwart of New Zealand’s horticulture industry. Like other...

07 Jun 2019 Agri

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy prices fell 3.4% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction. The weakness...

05 Jun 2019 Agri

Contents as labelled

Last week saw the delivery of the Government’s first Wellbeing Budget...

04 Jun 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ Budget First Impressions, May 2019

The Government has substantially increased its planned operational spending...

30 May 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

New Zealand Government Budget 2019

The Budget boosted spending on mental health and indexed benefits to wage...

30 May 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Game changer

The New Zealand economy lost some momentum in the second half of last year...

27 May 2019 Weekly Commentary

Wellbeing, well what?

This week the Government reveals its much vaunted Wellbeing Budget...

27 May 2019 Research papers

NZ Budget Preview, May 2019

Finance Minister Grant Robertson delivers his much vaunted “Wellbeing Budget”...

24 May 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ retail sales, March quarter 2019

Retail spending rose by 0.7% in the March quarter. That was another solid gain...

22 May 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

The run of price increases at the past 11 consecutive GlobalDairyTrade auctions...

22 May 2019 Agri

Economic Overview: Game changer

The dramatic decline in interest rates over the past few months is going to be a...

21 May 2019 Economic Overview