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New Zealand Retail Sales Unchanged in November
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| Fundamental Analysis | Jan 20 09 21:26 GMT
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New Zealand's Retail Sales surprised to the upside, printing unchanged in November from the previous month. Economists had predicted sales would fall -1.2%. Steep interest rate cuts, tax cuts, and low...
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NZ Q4 CPI: Going, Going...
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| Fundamental Analysis | Jan 20 09 08:12 GMT
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Today's inflation data will not change the RBNZ's modus operandi. Focus will remain on the international situation, weak domestic economy and low inflation outlook. The economy is in reverse and with ...
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New Zealand Dollar Falls as Inflation Rate Shrinks in Q4
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| Fundamental Analysis | Jan 19 09 21:31 GMT
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Forex traders sold the New Zealand dollar as the fourth-quarter Consumer Price Index issued the first negative reading in two years, shrinking -0.5% to bring annual inflation to 3.4%, the lowest since...
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NZ Q3 GDP: Strike Three
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| Fundamental Analysis | Dec 23 08 08:09 GMT
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Q3 GDP data confirmed expectations that the NZ economy contracted for the third consecutive quarter. There were few surprises: we thought the economy was weak and it is. Moreover, the detail of the Q3...
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New Zealand Unemployment Highest in Over 4 Years, More Rate Cuts Ahead
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| Fundamental Analysis | Nov 06 08 04:43 GMT
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New Zealand's Unemployment Rate ticked higher to 4.2% from 3.9% in the three months through June, the highest in four and a half years. Rising unemployment will have a detrimental effect on disposable...
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NZ Q3 CPI Review: Fish 'n' Chip Paper
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| Fundamental Analysis | Oct 21 08 06:47 GMT
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Inflation has hit an 18 year high in New Zealand. The 1.5% increase in the CPI in Q3 took annual inflation to 5.1%. The last time annual inflation was above 5% was in 1990 following an increase in GST...
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NZ Q2 GDP: Recession
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| Fundamental Analysis | Sep 26 08 07:00 GMT
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Phew! It feels odd to have a sense of relief that GDP contracted 0.2%. But we had feared a lot worse (even worse than the 0.5% contraction in GDP, as measured on the expenditure side of the national a...
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New Zealand Retail Sales Disappoint, Slump 0.8%
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| Fundamental Analysis | Sep 11 08 23:23 GMT
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New Zealand retail sales fell more than expected in July, as a plunge in auto sales led the headline figure down 0.8 percent. Excluding autos, sales were still disappointing at -0.2 percent. The data ...
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NZ Real Retail Sales Fall 1.5% in Q2
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| Fundamental Analysis | Aug 15 08 06:35 GMT
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All up, 2008 has turned into an annus horribilis for retailers, especially for sellers of big-ticket items, as they are squeezed from both sides. The consumer is currently under a lot of pressure, and...
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NZ Q2 CPI Review: Cost Push Inflation
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| Fundamental Analysis | Jul 15 08 06:05 GMT
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New Zealand's inflation problem is getting worse. The 1.6% increase in the CPI in Q2 was on our expectation but higher than the 1.4% expected by the market and RBNZ. The quarterly rise in prices lifte...
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NZ Current Account Deficit Lowest Since 2004
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| Fundamental Analysis | Jun 26 08 05:32 GMT
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New Zealand's Current Account deficit narrowed less than economists expected in the first quarter, revealing a shortfall of -NZ$2.16 billion versus the forecast -NZ$1.67 billion. Still, this is the lo...
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Following Fundamentals Trends - May 2008
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| Long Term | Jun 06 08 09:23 GMT
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The dollar stabilized in May, as the worst fears of the bears did not materialize. The US economy managed to avoid slipping into a full blow recession experiencing only a slowdown as GDP rose slightly...
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