Fortnightly Agri Update

Whether it’s surprise at discovering dairy farms in the McKenzie Basin, amazement...

05 Dec 2018 Agri

Easy does it

The Reserve Bank has announced a further easing of its mortgage lending restrictions...

03 Dec 2018 Weekly Commentary

Stranger things

We now expect that the Reserve Bank will keep the Official Cash Rate on hold until...

26 Nov 2018 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

Many of the headlines looking at the global trade outlook in recent times have focused...

21 Nov 2018 Agri

Economic Overview: Different strokes

New Zealand’s economy at present really is a case of different strokes for different folks...

20 Nov 2018 Economic Overview

Here we go

Falling mortgage rates have grabbed headlines recently with some fixed-term...

19 Nov 2018 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

Back in August Home Truths predicted a short, sharp lift in the housing market...

14 Nov 2018 Housing

Not on target

Unemployment has plumbed new lows and that could spark some wage inflation...

12 Nov 2018 Weekly Commentary

She’ll be right – RBNZ MPS review, Nov 2018

The Reserve Bank has moved away from the idea of cutting the OCR by removing...

08 Nov 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, Q3 2018

New Zealand’s unemployment rate fell sharply in the September quarter, to its...

07 Nov 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

As we’ve noted in many of our Agri Updates this year, we’ve seen broad-based...

07 Nov 2018 Agri

Much ado about little

Financial media in New Zealand has been abuzz with stories of falling equity prices...

05 Nov 2018 Weekly Commentary