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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 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 >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - June 7 2007
Friday, 8 June 2007, 10:52 am | BNZ Weekly
It's that time of month again when we run our survey of Weekly Overview readers. If time permits please click on the URL below and let us know whether you believe the economy will get better or worse over the coming 12 months. More importantly ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview: Budget Edition
Friday, 18 May 2007, 9:17 am | BNZ Weekly
This afternoon the finance minister Dr Cullen released his eighth budget. You can read details in all the media and there seems little point in repeating everything here especially as my whole afternoon was taken up sitting in a TV studio for three ... More >>
BNZ Confidence Survey
Thursday, 12 April 2007, 11:31 am | BNZ Weekly
Last month our survey of Weekly Overview readers was undertaken just after the Reserve Bank had increased its official cash rate to 7.5%. We found a small increase in net pessimism about the economy over the next 12 months. There has essentially been no ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview, Feb 22 2007
Friday, 23 February 2007, 10:03 am | BNZ Weekly
Over the past week we have seen more positive data on the NZ economy and this has helped push the NZD above US 70.5 cents. There are two weeks to go to the Reserve Bank's review of the official cash rate and chances are high of an increase and warning ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview for Feb 1
Friday, 2 February 2007, 10:58 am | BNZ Weekly
This week we have seen data released showing improving imports of capital equipment, some easing in construction consents which we believe will reverse soon, continued firm growth in lending, and a rise in consumer confidence. None of the indicators ... More >>
The BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 26 January 2007, 11:17 am | BNZ Weekly
The BNZ Weekly overview for the week ending 26th January 2007 van be seen in pdf format here ENDS 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 >>
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 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 >>
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 Weekly Overview 31 August
Friday, 1 September 2006, 9:39 am | BNZ Weekly
The main development over the past week has been a strong rise in the New Zealand dollar to just over 65 US cents. This has come on the back of overseas investors chasing the good yields available in New Zealand amidst growing expectations that ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview: Quiet Week
Friday, 25 August 2006, 9:17 am | BNZ Weekly
Many of the economic data releases in recent times have come in stronger than expected. This morning for instance we learned that in July the value of export receipts was up from a year earlier by a surprisingly strong 24%. The unemployment rate has fallen ... More >>
August 10 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 11 August 2006, 10:08 am | BNZ Weekly
This week we are once again 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. More importantly please take the time to pen one ... More >>