Home Truths

The latest housing market data suggests the market remains locked in a fairly subdued...

15 Aug 2018 Housing

A risk to be taken seriously – Change of OCR call, August 2018

We have changed our OCR forecast for the first time in a year. We now expect the...

14 Aug 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Snap back to reality

As expected, the Reserve Bank repeated its line that the OCR will stay low...

13 Aug 2018 Weekly Commentary

Snap back to reality: RBNZ MPS Review, August 2018

The RBNZ has (finally) accepted the reality that the economy has slowed this year...

09 Aug 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Fortnightly Agri Update

While prices for most of the agricultural products New Zealand produces have...

08 Aug 2018 Agri

Working through the details

Business confidence surveys are painting an increasingly dismal picture of the state...

06 Aug 2018 Weekly Commentary

RBNZ MPS preview, August 2018

At next week’s Monetary Policy Statement, the RBNZ will probably repeat that it...

02 Aug 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

NZ labour market review, Q2 2018 – On the job

Jobs and wage growth strengthened in the June quarter, despite a slight uptick...

01 Aug 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Crossroads

Over the past week we’ve seen more evidence that the economy slowed in the...

30 Jul 2018 Weekly Commentary

NZ labour market preview, Q2 2018 – Crossroads

New Zealand’s labour market has tightened over recent years, but slowing economic...

27 Jul 2018 Economic data and RBNZ

Growth finding a floor

Economic news over the past week continued to highlight the flagging...

23 Jul 2018 Weekly Commentary

Fortnightly Agri Update

New Zealand’s horticulture sector has gone from strength to strength of late...

18 Jul 2018 Agri