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 | January 23rd, 2018, 12:05:36 | News, sticky 5
The TPP without US is making progress on 23.01.2018 With Canada and Vietnam’s accord , it’ll get signed in March. Both has some issues with protection of jobs and ports respectively but seem happy now . Note Australia precising the door would be left open...
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%...