by K-man | October 15th, 2018, 21:47:21 | Economic Data, New Zealand
New Zealand Q3 2018 CPI data on 15.10.2018 prior 0.4% CPI yoy 1.9 % vs 1.7% exp, prior 1.5% That’s a huge advance compared to the past numbers. The bird flies again. Kiwi trading up to 0.6575 vs USD. AUDNZD back at 1.0850. The calls for NZD rate are silenced a...
by K-man | May 17th, 2018, 02:09:38 | Economic Data, New Zealand
New Zealand annual 2018 budget forecast on 17.05.2018 FY17/18 NZ$3.1B v prior forecast NZ$2.9B FY18/19 NZ$3.7B v prior forecast NZ$2.8B Sees bigger surpluses in near term Net Debt forecast 20.8% vs 21.7% prior Budget balance NZ$-1.25B vs -2.65 NZ$B prior Guides...
by K-man | January 24th, 2018, 21:58:14 | Economic Data, New Zealand
New Zealand Inflation data for Q4 2017 on 24.01.2018 Prior QOQ 0.5% CPI YOY for Q4 1.6% vs 1.9% expected, prior 1.9% Big miss there , NZD plunges from 0.7435 to 0.7345 in the blink of an eye. I guess that shows the positioning was stretched in the...
by K-man | December 5th, 2017, 00:00:49 | Economic Data, New Zealand
Prior was -0.3% Kiwi unmoved on the data at 0.6865, More importantly got a prepared speech from Dec Gov Spencer coming up on low inflation and its impact on Mon Pol
by K-man | October 31st, 2017, 21:46:57 | Economic Data, New Zealand
Employment change QoQ: 2.2%, vs 0.8% expected Unemployment rate prior was 4.8% Employment change prior was -0.2% Participation rate : 71.1%, vs 70.20% expected, prior 70.00% Average hourly earnings up 1.2%, vs 1.1% expected Private wages including overtime: 0.7%...
by K-man | October 31st, 2017, 00:04:15 | Economic Data, New Zealand
NBNZ Own Activity 22.2%, vs 29.6 prior Kiwi slides 10 pips to 0.6870 on the announcement and adds an extra layer to the weight on the already heavy currency