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Weekly and Offshore Overviews, March 27 2008
Friday, 28 March 2008, 10:45 am | BNZ Weekly
This week in New Zealand we have seen some bad confidence numbers released backing up the view that while this Friday we may see a good growth number released for the December quarter there are very weak conditions in prospect for the remainder of ... More >>
BNZ Monthly Survey Results March 10 2008
Monday, 10 March 2008, 1:00 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Please find attached the results of our monthly survey of the confidence of Weekly Overview readers. There has been a further deterioration in sentiment with a net 62% of respondents expecting the economy to get worse over the coming year from 46% ... More >>
BNZ Weekly and Offshore Overviews Mar 6 2008
Thursday, 6 March 2008, 3:20 pm | BNZ Weekly
This week we have seen the Kiwi dollar edge back slightly from last week's unusual high to end just over 80 cents with some assistance from the Reserve Bank continuing to stress inflation risks in its official cash rate review this morning. As expected ... More >>
BNZ Weekly and Offshore Overviews Feb 28 2008
Thursday, 28 February 2008, 4:24 pm | Bank of New Zealand
The NZD has hit a new post-float high above 82.1 cents this week on its way possibly higher yet. The strength in the NZD is unsurprising and in line with the warning we have been delivering since 69 cents last September. Namely that with support from ... More >>
BNZ Weekly and Offshore Overviews, Feb 21 2008
Thursday, 21 February 2008, 4:48 pm | Bank of New Zealand
The main thread of discussion around the world this week has been about inflation. The US rate has lifted to 4.4%, China's inflation rate is now 7.1%, the EU rate is well above the 2% target at 3.2%, and Australia's underlying rate is above 3.5%. ... More >>
BNZ Monthly Confidence Survey results Feb12 2008
Tuesday, 12 February 2008, 10:29 am | Bank of New Zealand
Attached you will find the results of our first survey of the confidence of Weekly Overview readers for 2008. Strong pessimism has returned with a net 46% of respondents expecting the economy to deteriorate over the coming year compared with a net 15% ... More >>
BNZ Weekly and Offshore Overviews 7 Feb 08
Thursday, 7 February 2008, 4:29 pm | Bank of New Zealand
This week New Zealand wholesale interest rates and our currency have moved higher partly in response to this morning's labour market report showing record low unemployment at 3.4% and jobs growth of 23,000 people in the quarter being four times what us ... More >>
BNZ Weekly and Offshore Overviews Jan 31 2008
Thursday, 31 January 2008, 5:27 pm | Bank of New Zealand
This week for New Zealand we have learnt that residential construction is falling away, non-residential construction activity still looks okay, export growth is shooting through the roof led by the dairy sector, lending growth to households is finally ... More >>
Bank of New Zealand Repositions Rates
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 4:31 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand have repositioned their rates today, reflecting the higher cost of short term funding. Variable home loan rates and selected credit card rates will go up (by 14 bps and 100 bps respectively.) More >>
Help save kiwi for Christmas
Monday, 17 December 2007, 10:52 am | Bank of New Zealand
This year BNZ has created a Christmas gift to help protect the environment through raising funds for kiwi recovery which in turn regenerates native habitats. More >>
December 13 Edition Of The BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 14 December 2007, 10:08 am | Bank of New Zealand
This will be the last edition of the Weekly Overview for this year. Many thanks to all who have contributed to our monthly Confidence Survey and others who have given emailed feedback over the year. Next year we are contemplating splitting the Weekly ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - December 6 2007
Thursday, 6 December 2007, 2:11 pm | Bank of New Zealand
This week we are running our last survey for the year. If time permits please click on the URL below and let us know whether you think the economy will get better or worse over the coming year. More importantly let us know how things are in your industry ... More >>
November 29 Edition Of The BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 30 November 2007, 9:07 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we have seen the Kiwi dollar rise back to 77.0 US cents on the back of a sharp recovery in world sharemarkets overnight caused by increased optimism about the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates again come December 11. Oil prices have ... More >>
November 22 Edition Of The BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 23 November 2007, 11:00 am | Bank of New Zealand
There was no Weekly Overview last week as I was in Japan but this week we have a look at some of the similarities and differences between the New Zealand and Japanese economies and the main points of discussion amongst delegates at the 34th Japan New ... More >>
Excellent Result For BNZ
Friday, 9 November 2007, 12:56 am | BNZ
Sound asset quality and a strong strategic agenda drive an excellent result for Bank of New Zealand More >>
BNZ Monthly Confidence Survey - November 2007
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:57 am | Bank of New Zealand
Our monthly confidence survey has revealed a net 3% of respondents expect the economy will deteriorate over the coming year. This is a slight decline from a net 2% positive in October but is still the fourth highest reading since the survey started in 2005. ... More >>
October 25th Edition Of The BNZ Weekly Overview.
Monday, 29 October 2007, 12:57 am | Bank of New Zealand
As expected the Reserve Bank left monetary policy unchanged this morning but released a relatively strong warning about the inflationary and interest rate implications of easing fiscal policy. Given that ahead of the election such an easing is guaranteed ... More >>
October 18 Edition Of The BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 19 October 2007, 8:43 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we have seen the release of data showing an improvement in consumer confidence in the past month in spite of the global liquidity crisis and continuing failure of finance companies. We have also seen expectations for growth in our main trading ... More >>
October 11 Edition Of The BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 12 October 2007, 8:06 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we have had confirmation of great weakness in the housing market with sales in September down by 32% from a year earlier. But we have also seen confirmation of resource shortages and inflationary pressures in the NZIER’s Quarterly Survey ... More >>
BNZ launches a new Customer Care Line
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 2:45 pm | BNZ
The BNZ launched a new Customer Care Line this week to help credit card customers who may be showing early signs of financial stress. Those signs include missing payments, regular cash advances and exceeding the credit limit, among others. More >>
