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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 >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - Sept 27 2007
Friday, 28 September 2007, 9:50 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we have seen generally positive data released in New Zealand including a rise in consumer confidence in the September quarter, improving business sentiment, still strong growth in lending to the private sector, firm assurance of consents ... More >>
BNZ Monthly Survey Results - Sept 2007
Monday, 17 September 2007, 4:54 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Our monthly survey of the sentiment of Weekly Overview readers has found a slight improvement in conditions expected for the coming year to a net 26% pessimistic from 39% pessimistic in the early August survey. This result is likely to be partly driven ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - Sept 13 2007
Thursday, 13 September 2007, 5:24 pm | BNZ Weekly
This week we are running our monthly survey (delayed due to long overdue tramping requirements) so if time permits please click on the link below and let us know whether you think things will get better or worse in the coming year and how things are currently ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview 30 August 2007
Friday, 31 August 2007, 9:21 am | BNZ Weekly
The Kiwi dollar has edged slightly lower this week and is sitting just above 70 US cents while wholesale interest rates have also fallen on the back of expectations that United States monetary policy will be eased in coming weeks and months. World ... More >>
The Power of NetGuard to Protect BNZ Customers
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 4:47 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Amidst the current debate around on-line banking some key points have been lost in the bid for headlines and commercial gain. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview 23 August 2007
Friday, 24 August 2007, 10:39 am | Bank of New Zealand
It has been an eventful week with the Kiwi dollar gaining two cents against the greenback in response to things settling down slightly overseas. In addition today we saw the Reserve Bank alleviate some liquidity problems in the New Zealand market which had ... More >>