It's gonna get worse before it gets better

It’s been a tumultuous time in the global economy with ongoing trade tensions...

02 Sep 2019 Weekly Commentary

Around we go again

Our latest quarterly Economic Overview details some substantial changes to our...

26 Aug 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ retail spending 2019 Q2

Retail volumes rose by 0.2% gain in the June quarter. The pace of spending...

23 Aug 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

Last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction saw prices broadly flat (-0.2% change the in...

21 Aug 2019 Agri

Economic Overview: Around we go again

Storm clouds have gathered over the global economy, and New Zealand is getting...

20 Aug 2019 Economic Overview

Not out of firepower yet

Evidence of the current slowdown in the NZ economy continued to trickle in last week...

19 Aug 2019 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

The New Zealand housing market slowed sharply over the first half of 2019...

13 Aug 2019 Housing

A week to remember

Last week was a massive one for New Zealand economic news. The US-China...

12 Aug 2019 Weekly Commentary

Review of the August 2019 Monetary Policy Statement

The RBNZ has made an unprecedented decision to cut the OCR 50 bps...

07 Aug 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Dairy Update

We expect the recent escalation in the US-China trade war to lead to weaker...

07 Aug 2019 Agri

NZ labour market review, Q2 2019

The New Zealand labour market has defied expectations of a slowdown, with the...

06 Aug 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Follow the leader

The big news last week was that the Federal Reserve cut the US policy interest rate by...

05 Aug 2019 Weekly Commentary