The Reserve Bank of New Zealand plans to cut the Official Cash Rate at its next meeting after leaving it unchanged at 3.25% in July

Economic analysis suggests the development of synthetic milk could damage the New Zealand economy even though this challenge is still some way off

Latest monthly RBNZ figures show that in May, a third of the new mortgages taken out were on floating terms; homeowners are still waiting for more OCR cuts

Roger J Kerr says it seems that if New Zealand house prices are not rising, the majority of the local economic commentators do not think the economy is performing - 'jaundiced and ill-informed attitudes that do not serve the public well'

New Zealand's services sector contracts for fifth consecutive month - has seen only one month of 'minimal' expansion in the last 16; BNZ economists see 0.2% fall in GDP for June quarter

Another rate cut by the Australian central bank was expected but didn't happen. But it was a split 6-3 decision

Population gain from migration down by 81.5% in year to May compared to previous 12 months