by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy The Budget – Bread and butter with a dollop of election year jam I’d have to say I’m disappointed with a big-spending Budget […]
BUDGET 2023: ‘Support for today, Building for tomorrow’
by Nick Clark, Group Manager General Policy At a Glance Still a big spending Budget. Emphasis on cost of living, cyclone recovery. Surplus return delayed another year. Trustee tax hike. […]
Economic Week – May 12
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy The Budget – what Feds wants…and doesn’t want Next week Finance Minister Grant Robertson will produce his sixth Budget. Given the tough economic […]
Economic Week – May 5
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Commodities soften The ANZ World Commodity Price Index fell 1.7% April, with dairy prices softening but meat prices firming. Dairy prices fell 4.9% […]
Economic Week – April 28
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Severe weather costs estimated Treasury this week released a short 2-page note on the economic impacts from the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, […]
Economic Week – April 21
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Inflation eases…but The annual rate of inflation was slipped back to 6.7% in the March 2023 quarter, according to Statistics NZ’s Consumer Price […]
Economic Week – April 14
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Farmer confidence edges up Farmer confidence, which was down for the count in December, lifted from the canvas in Rabobank’s March quarter Rural […]
Economic Week – April 6
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy OCR shock On Wednesday the Reserve Bank fired its big guns and surprised virtually everyone with a 50-point increase in the Official Cash […]
Economic Week – March 24
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Dairy prices down again The Global Dairy Trade declined at this week’s auction, down 2.6% compared to the previous event a fortnight ago. […]
Economic Week – March 17
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy GDP falls Economic activity fell 0.6% in the December 2022 quarter, according to Statistics NZ’s Gross Domestic Product. Nine of the 16 industries […]