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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 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 >>
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 >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - August 9
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:27 am | Bank of New Zealand
The Kiwi dollar has ended the week largely unchanged against the greenback but down against an Australian currency very well supported by strong data and an increase in interest rates. This morning we learned that New Zealand's labour market remains ... More >>
BNZ Monthly Confidence Survey Results
Tuesday, 7 August 2007, 9:54 am | Bank of New Zealand
Our monthly survey of Weekly Overview readers has revealed an increase in pessimism over the past month to a net 39% feeling the economy will deteriorate over the coming year from 30% in the July survey. More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview, 2 August 2007
Friday, 3 August 2007, 9:42 am | Bank of New Zealand
Wholesale interest rates are barely changed from a week ago but the Kiwi dollar has fallen strongly mainly in response to foreign investors getting scared about the world markets and taking some of their money home - principally back into Japanese ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - July 26 2007
Friday, 27 July 2007, 10:20 am | Bank of New Zealand
The Reserve Bank raised their cash rate to 8.25% today and signaled they think it is possible no further rise is warranted. But they said the same in October 2004 then raised the rate another 0.75%. They said that was enough in 2006 but boosted ... More >>
Community Groups Benefit from Save the Kiwi Fund
Tuesday, 24 July 2007, 11:27 am | Bank of New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand Save the Kiwi Trust (the Trust) today announced its funding allocation for the coming year. $766,000 has been allocated for kiwi conservation, an increase of 15 per cent on the year before. More >>
July 12 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 13 July 2007, 9:29 am | Bank of New Zealand
Nothing major with regard to prospects for growth, interest rates, or the exchange rate in the NZ economy has happened over the past week. Housing data show continuing listings shortages, and while business confidence has worsened investment and employment ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - July 5 2007
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:33 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we are once again running our monthly survey of your confidence about the economy over the next 12 months. If time permits please click on the URL below and let us know whether you think the economy is going to get better or worse in the ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - June 28 2007
Friday, 29 June 2007, 10:25 am | Bank of New Zealand
We have seen a great number of data releases over the past week most of which have been on the positive side. Consumer confidence has declined slightly but remains at a firm level while business sentiment has improved, credit card spending growth ... More >>
June 21 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 22 June 2007, 10:52 am | Bank of New Zealand
Many overseas investors are likely to be thanking the Reserve Bank Governor for intervening in the Fx market earlier this week and last week to get a lower Kiwi dollar and better entry level for them to gain their Kiwi dollar exposure. At the time of writing the ... More >>
BNZ Weekly Overview - June 14 2007
Friday, 15 June 2007, 12:51 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we have seen the Reserve Bank intervene in the foreign currency market for the first time in 22 years selling Kiwi dollars. The currency has dropped about 1.1 cents as a result of their actions but compared with a week ago we are less than ... More >>
Bank of New Zealand Subordinated Bond Issue
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 9:44 am | Bank of New Zealand
This announcement relates to the offer by Bank of New Zealand of subordinated bonds under an Investment Statement dated 1 June 2007. More >>
BNZ Monthly Confidence Survey (June 2007)
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 8:29 pm | Bank of New Zealand
Survey of the confidence of Weekly Overview readers taken immediately after the Reserve Bank raised the official cash rate last week has revealed a jump in pessimism about the economy's prospects over the coming 12 months. More >>
May 31 edition of the BNZ Weekly Overview
Friday, 1 June 2007, 10:36 am | Bank of New Zealand
This week we have seen both negative and positive numbers appear on the New Zealand economy with good strength in construction data but a sharp decline in business confidence and activity expectations along with weaker investment and employment intentions. ... More >>