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Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence
Confidence in the labour market fell in March, reversing the strong rise seen in...
RBNZ OCR Review, March 2019
The RBNZ surprised us by shifting to an easing bias. With other central banks...
Reacceleration to stay the RBNZ's hand
While the economy lost some steam through the back half of 2018, that slowdown...
Preview of RBNZ OCR Review, March 2019
The RBNZ is unlikely to alter its firmly on hold stance. That could be a surprise to...
Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence
Regional confidence has deteriorated in eight out of eleven regions...
NZ Q4 GDP review – A not so bad look
GDP rose by 0.6% in the December quarter, a stronger rebound than we expected...
NZ current account, Q4 2018 – As bad as it gets?
New Zealand’s current account deficit widened to 3.7% of GDP in the year...
Fortnightly Agri Update
Log prices have been consistently stronger than we expected through 2018, a theme...
Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence has lost altitude and now sits at a below average level...
Slow GDP growth expected
This week we should get confirmation of the slowdown in growth in the second half...
NZ Q4 GDP and BoP preview – Not a good look
We expect another weak GDP print and a further widening of the current account...
Home Truths
New Zealand house price inflation did accelerate over the New Year period...