Pick ‘n’ mix

There was further evidence last week that conditions in the New Zealand economy...

02 Jul 2018 Weekly Commentary

Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence

The Westpac-McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index rose 1.5 points...

29 Jun 2018 Confidence surveys

Uncertainty reigns: RBNZ OCR Review, June 2018

The Reserve Bank reiterated that the OCR is expected to remain low, but gave no...

28 Jun 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence

Six of eleven regions posted an improvement in regional economic confidence...

26 Jun 2018 Confidence surveys

Taking stock

Last week’s GDP figures provided more evidence that the New Zealand economy...

25 Jun 2018 Weekly Commentary

Red herring: Preview of the RBNZ’s OCR Review

We expect the RBNZ to repeat its main message that the OCR is expected to...

22 Jun 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ Q1 GDP review – Slow news day

New Zealand’s GDP rose by 0.5% in the March quarter, in line with market...

21 Jun 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Home Truths

This month, Home Truths takes a closer look at how various possible tax changes would...

21 Jun 2018 Housing

NZ current account, Q1 2018 – Better next time

The current account deficit widened to 2.8% of GDP in March. Exports fell sharply...

20 Jun 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

While New Zealand’s deer industry is considerably smaller than the traditional...

20 Jun 2018 Agri

Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence fell in June, taking it slightly below its long-run average...

20 Jun 2018 Confidence surveys

Tax and house prices

The Tax Working Group is investigating changes to the tax system...

19 Jun 2018 Research papers