NZ First Impressions: Budget Policy Statement Review
The Government’s first Budget Policy Statement confirms that Budget 2024 will unveil a markedly weaker […]
First Impressions: NZ GDP, December quarter 2023
GDP contracted by 0.1% in the December quarter, slightly softer than Westpac and RBNZ estimates. […]
Dollar Rises on Fed Reassessment, But Reversal Pending Confirmation
Dollar ended the week as the strongest currency, boosted by the fresh round of inflation […]
Risks Significantly Tilting to First Fed Rate Cut in September at Earliest
Markets US Treasuries sold off for a third straight session yesterday with eco data strengthening […]
RBNZ’s Orr: Restrictive policy to stay, expects normalization next year
RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr affirmed today that the economy is “evolving as anticipated”, with inflation […]
RBNZ’s Orr confident on bringing down inflation, highlights global risks
RBNZ to said in a conversation with Radio New Zealand that the central bank RBNZ’s […]
Kiwi Dollar Flies Down
The New Zealand Dollar is down 1.2% since the start of the day on Wednesday […]
Dollar and Safe Havens Surge, Bitcoin Soars Past 60K
Dollar, Yen, and Swiss Franc emerge as the predominant winners as markets enter into US […]
NZ Dollar Slides after RBNZ holds rates
RBNZ holds cash rate at 5.25% New Zealand dollar declines 1.2% The New Zealand dollar […]
USD Takes Lead During Mild Risk-off
Markets A batch of US data turned out mixed yesterday. Strong core capital good shipments […]
RBNZ Holds Rates Steady
In focus today In Sweden we get PPI and trade balance data for January at […]
RBNZ’s Conway: OCR to stay restrictive for some time into the future
RBNZ Chief Economist Paul Conway, speaking at a webinar today, noted that emphasizing the contractionary […]