NZ Budget Preview - A Balancing Act

The new Government delivers its first Budget next week. The tax take is running...

14 May 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

In with the new

The Reserve Bank served up a refreshing Monetary Policy Statement (MPS)...

14 May 2018 Weekly Commentary

Home Truths

The housing market is cooling again, based on the most recent data from REINZ and...

11 May 2018 Housing

Spending up is hard to do

The new Government’s first Budget will be subject to a set of self-imposed fiscal...

11 May 2018 Research papers

Industry Insights: Forestry and wood processing

This report focuses on New Zealand’s forestry sector which is concerned with the...

11 May 2018 Research papers, Industry

In with the new: Review of the RBNZ’s May 2018 MPS

The RBNZ has shaken up the form of its Monetary Policy Statement with an...

10 May 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Work without reward

Last week Stats NZ delivered its battery of labour market data relating to the...

07 May 2018 Weekly Commentary

Regional Roundup

Economic conditions improved slightly in the latest quarter, with more regions posting...

07 May 2018 Regional Roundup

RBNZ MPS preview, May 2018

Next week’s MPS will reveal a great deal about Adrian Orr’s style and how the OCR...

03 May 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, Q1 2018 – No pay wave

New Zealand's unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in the March quarter...

02 May 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

It’s easy to get bogged down in the minutiae of changes in commodity prices...

02 May 2018 Agri

Housing and household debt

In recent years, the combination of low interest rates and the favourable tax...

30 Apr 2018 Weekly Commentary