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ASB Economic Update: Inflation spike begins to unwind

Wednesday, 19th July, 2017

Inflation is the star attraction in NZ this week, with June quarter CPI inflation figures released on Tuesday morning. Annual inflation surged at the start of 2017, from a measly pace of 1.3% at the end of 2016 to 2.2% in Q1 2017. This not only brought an…

New Zealand is gearing up for a ‘succession wave’

Wednesday, 5th July, 2017

A positive outlook for New Zealand capital markets is creating tension between the public and private markets, writes ASB’s General Manager Corporate Banking, Henry Withers. New Zealand is gearing up for a ‘succession wave’ as the baby boomer generation l…

ASB Economic Update: Agriculture sector is firing on (almost) all cylinders

Wednesday, 5th July, 2017

All of the major agriculture sectors, excluding wool, are performing well. Indeed given weak overall agricultural sector production in recent seasons, this improved performance in tandem with strength in other sectors such as construction is likely to spu…

ASB Economic Update: Weak NZ Growth to Keep RBNZ Comfortably on Hold

Wednesday, 21st June, 2017

ASB Economic Update: Weak NZ Growth to Keep RBNZ Comfortably on Hold There has been a NZ GDP growth sub-trend for two consecutive quarters, weaker than the RBNZ expected.  RBNZ to retain a neutral bias at this week’s OCR review, but tweak NZD language…
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