Cliff Notes: The Emergence of Slack
Key insights from the week that was. It was a relatively quiet week in Australia, […]
A Speech by Fed Waller is a Wildcard
Markets Consensus-beating June US retail sales only temporary interfered with reigning market momentum. Core retail […]
RBNZ to Deliver Some Pre-Xmas Cheer in November
Today’s CPI showed some welcome reduction in headline inflation. Services sector inflation is easing only […]
New Zealand’s CPI slows to 3.3% in Q2, vs exp 3.5%
New Zealand’s CPI for Q2 rose by 0.4% qoq, down from previous quarter’s 0.6% qoq […]
NZ Dollar Dips After Soft Services PMI
The New Zealand dollar has started the trading week in negative territory. NZD/USD is trading […]
NZ BNZ services falls to 40.2, weakness accelerating
New Zealand BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index fell from 42.6 to 40.2 in June, marking […]
A September Fed Rate Cut Could Lead to Easing Spree During end-2024
Market prices in at least two rate cuts from Fed ECB, BoE expected to follow […]
NZ Dollar Edges Higher Despite Soft Mfg. Data
The New Zealand dollar is slightly higher on Friday. NZD/USD is trading at 0.6110 in […]
New Zealand BNZ manufacturing freefalls to lowest non-lockdown level since 2009
New Zealand BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index fell sharply from 46.6 to 41.1 in June, […]
What Would RBNZ Need to See to Start Cutting?
Surprisingly, the RBNZ’s July OCR Review was markedly less hawkish than the May Statement. The […]
RBNZ Dovishness Hits Kiwi
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand kept its benchmark interest rate at 5.5% for the […]
New Zealand’s goods exports falls -0.1% yoy, imports down significantly by -13% yoy
In June, New Zealand’s overall goods exports slightly declining by -0.1% yoy, a reduction of […]