Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Reserve Bank of Australia Meeting (May 2024) 7th May 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand Labour Market (Q1 2024) 1st May 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Retail Sales (Mar. 2024) The weakness in retail sales last month suggests that sales volumes fell across Q1 as a whole. However, with households’ real incomes staging a recovery, consumer spending should pick up over the... 30th April 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Consumer Prices (Q1 2024) With price pressures proving inordinately resilient, there is little scope for the Reserve Bank of Australia to start loosening policy in the near future. 24th April 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Mar. 24) The modest rise in unemployment last month doesn’t change the bigger picture that Australia’s labour market is firing on all cylinders. That being the case, the RBA will be in no rush to pivot to... 18th April 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand Consumer Prices (Q1 2024) Although the Q1 CPI print was a touch stronger than we had predicted, we still expect inflation to return to the RBNZ’s 1-3% target band by Q3. However, given uncertainties around the inflation... 17th April 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Retail Sales (Feb. 24) 28th March 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Monthly CPI Indicator (Feb. 24) Headline Inflation in February once again came in below the expectations of both the analyst consensus and the RBA. But trimmed mean inflation unexpectedly saw a leg up, which could give the RBA pause... 27th March 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Labour Market (Feb. 2024) The sharp drop in unemployment in February was likely a blip, rather than a trend. With job vacancies continuing to fall back, we suspect the unemployment rate will rise anew in the months ahead. 21st March 2024 · 4 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response New Zealand GDP (Q4 2023) With the New Zealand economy in a double-dip recession, we’re sticking to our guns that the RBNZ will cut rates more aggressively than most anticipate. 20th March 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Reserve Bank of Australia Meeting (Mar. 23) 19th March 2024 · 2 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia GDP (Q4 2023) Although GDP growth last quarter was in line with what the RBA had expected, the Bank will take comfort from the fact that households continue to exercise spending restraint, while productivity... 6th March 2024 · 3 mins read
Australia & New Zealand Rapid Response Australia Retail Sales (Jan. 24) 29th February 2024 · 3 mins read
