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Confidence Survey Results Dec 12
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 10:42 am | Bank of New Zealand
Attached please find the results of our latest Confidence Survey. The Survey has revealed that late last week only a net 0.9% of respondents felt the economy will deteriorate over the coming year. This is the fourth month in a row of improvement, ... More >>
Financial Prescription for a Happy New Year
Monday, 11 December 2006, 10:51 am | Bank of New Zealand
People tempted to spend too much over Christmas are urged to think about the January hangover that may follow. Traditionally retail spend lifts by about a billion dollars in December* - 27% more than other months, says Blair Vernon, Bank of New Zealand ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview 30 November 2006
Friday, 1 December 2006, 11:15 am | BNZ Weekly
This week we have seen the New Zealand dollar rise by one cent against the greenback mainly in response to weakness in the US currency on the back of increasing expectations of easing monetary policy in the United States over 2007. But the New Zealand dollar ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview November 16
Friday, 17 November 2006, 10:38 am | BNZ Weekly
There have been no truly significant developments on the economic front over the past week. But the new information received helps illustrate some of the key points we have been making over the past two or three years. These include shrinking business ... More >>
BNZ Monthly Confidence Survey
Friday, 10 November 2006, 9:37 am | BNZ Weekly
It's been a relatively quiet week with only small movements in wholesale interest rates and the exchange rate. The only major piece of economic data released in New Zealand this week was for the labour market this morning but because the range of ... More >>
Confidence Survey: Pessimism Declines Further
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 10:02 am | Bank of New Zealand
As with many other economic indicators we have recorded a decrease in pessimism to a net 10% of respondents now being worried about the economy over the next 12 months compared with 19% in October and 65% a year ago. There is obvious pessimism in the ... More >>
Maori Farmers Encouraged To Enter Awards
Friday, 3 November 2006, 4:01 pm | BNZ
Maori sheep and beef farmers are being encouraged to demonstrate their business and farming acumen by entering the Bank of New Zealand Maori Excellence in Farming Award 2007 and competing for the prestigious, Ahuwhenua Trophy. More >>
Great Service and New Products Drive Result
Friday, 3 November 2006, 11:38 am | Bank of New Zealand
Decade-high levels of customer satisfaction, outstanding customer service and innovative new products combined with tight control of margins and costs to improve Bank of New Zealand’s profit performance for the year ending September 2006, announced ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview 2 November 2006
Friday, 3 November 2006, 11:11 am | BNZ Weekly
As this is the first Thursday of the month we are running our monthly confidence survey. The response rate has dipped down over the past few months so will see how this survey and the one in December goes and decide whether we want to continue with ... More >>
October 26 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 27 October 2006, 1:13 pm | Bank of New Zealand
There was good news for exporters this morning with the Reserve Bank leaving the cash rate unchanged at 7.25% and the exchange rate falling to about US 65.6 cents compared with US 66.3 cents a week ago. Against the Australian currency the Kiwi ... More >>
October 19 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview.
Friday, 20 October 2006, 10:38 am | BNZ Weekly
The Kiwi dollar has risen slightly against the greenback this week with the markets factoring in an increased expectation that the Reserve Bank will raise its official cash rate next Thursday morning. However we have lost about one cent against the ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview October 12
Friday, 13 October 2006, 11:25 am | BNZ Weekly
This month we are running our monthly confidence survey. If time permits please click on the URL below and tick whether you believe the economy will get better or worse over the next 12 months. Of far more importance however please take a minute to let ... More >>
The EGGS Factor
Friday, 13 October 2006, 9:12 am | Bank of New Zealand
Epsom Girls’ Grammar School has once more proved it’s got the write stuff when it comes to producing literary talent. This year it has again produced a winner in the Young Writer’s category of the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Awards. More >>
Grimshaw takes top literary prize
Friday, 13 October 2006, 9:09 am | Bank of New Zealand
Critically-acclaimed author Charlotte Grimshaw has kept the Bank of New Zealand Katherine Mansfield Award all in the family. The winner of this year’s award, Grimshaw takes home the same prize her father, CK Stead won 45 years ago. More >>
Bank of New Zealand Launches Simplified Account
Thursday, 12 October 2006, 2:28 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand introduces “all you can eat banking” with the launch this week of MyMoney, a simplified transaction account with a $5 monthly account fee. More >>
September 21 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 22 September 2006, 9:51 am | BNZ Weekly
The Kiwi dollar has remained strong this week in spite of worse than expected current account deficit numbers released this morning with investors around the world hungry for our high interest rates at a time when the next move in interest rates in the ... More >>
September 14 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 15 September 2006, 10:25 am | BNZ Weekly
The main point of interest for the financial markets this week was this morning's review of the official cash rate. As expected the rate was left unchanged at 7.25% but the Reserve Bank warned they may need to increase the rate again. This comment ... More >>
BNZ Confidence Survey: Pessimism Steady
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 10:59 am | Bank of New Zealand
Many thanks to those who responded in our monthly BNZ Confidence survey. Results are attached. Net pessimism has remained steady over the past month at about half the level of the past year, residential real estate appears to remain in acceptable ... More >>
BNZ Commits To Premium Office Tower
Thursday, 7 September 2006, 2:45 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand has committed to occupy over 60% of a new premium commercial office tower owned, developed and being built by Multiplex Group at 80 Queen Street, Auckland. More >>
Wanted: A Bigger Trophy Cabinet
Friday, 1 September 2006, 10:01 am | Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand made it a three-peat when it was named the nation’s best contact centre (over 50 seats) in the CRM Awards, announced in Auckland last night. The awards, in their tenth year, recognise excellence in customer service, evaluating companies ... More >>
