Food – A matter of trust

Food manufacturing is an important industry in New Zealand. It’s a big contributor...

04 Jul 2019 Research papers

NZ Dairy Update

Dairy prices nudged down 0.4% in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction...

03 Jul 2019 Agri

NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, June 2019

Business confidence fell further in the June quarter, to its lowest level since 2009...

02 Jul 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Blunt talk

As expected, the Reserve Bank kept the Official Cash Rate on hold at 1.5% at its...

01 Jul 2019 Weekly Commentary

Regional Roundup

New Zealand’s economic slowdown over the past couple of years has been due to...

28 Jun 2019 Regional Roundup

Hinting Strongly – the RBNZ’s June OCR Review

The RBNZ kept the OCR on hold at 1.5%. However, it said that a lower OCR “may be...

27 Jun 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

The Employment Confidence Index rose modestly in the June quarter...

25 Jun 2019 Confidence surveys

Another step down

New Zealand’s economic growth has slowed in the last year, which we put down...

24 Jun 2019 Weekly Commentary

Preview of June 2019 OCR Review

We expect the RBNZ to leave the OCR on hold next week. The RBNZ will probably...

21 Jun 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Regional economic confidence deteriorated for the second consecutive quarter...

21 Jun 2019 Confidence surveys

NZ Q1 GDP review – Slow but steady

GDP rose by 0.6% in the March quarter, in line with market forecasts. There were...

20 Jun 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ current account, Q1 2019 – Deficit in check

New Zealand’s current account deficit narrowed from 3.8% to 3.6% of GDP...

19 Jun 2019 Economic data and RBNZ