Extraordinarily ordinary

The drivers of demand in the New Zealand economy are shifting. While a temporary...

25 Feb 2019 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Dairy prices edged a little higher in last night’s GlobalDairyTrade auction, rising...

20 Feb 2019 Agri

Economic Overview: Extraordinarily ordinary

Right now the New Zealand economy is in an extraordinarily ordinary position...

19 Feb 2019 Economic Overview

Flat as far as the eye can see

The RBNZ left the OCR unchanged at 1.75% in last week’s Monetary Policy Statement...

18 Feb 2019 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ MPS review, Feb 2019

The RBNZ downgraded its OCR projection and sounded slightly more dovish than...

13 Feb 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Preview of RBNZ MPS and change of Westpac OCR call

We expect the RBNZ to shift back to a strictly neutral OCR forecast this week...

11 Feb 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Flatlining

We expect the RBNZ will leave the OCR unchanged in this week’s Monetary Policy...

11 Feb 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market review, Q4 2018

The latest unemployment figures confirm that the previous sharp drop was largely...

07 Feb 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

The Westpac Economics team recently published an in depth Industry Insight on...

07 Feb 2019 Agri

A smaller boost to the economy

Updated estimates have revealed that long-term migration has been much lower than...

04 Feb 2019 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q4 2018 – Backing up

A range of evidence points to a tight labour market, but the sharp drop in...

01 Feb 2019 Economic data and RBNZ

A closer look at recent migration flows

Updated estimates have revealed that long-term migration has been much lower...

01 Feb 2019 Economic data and RBNZ