David Hargreaves

Latest quarterly Household Expectations Survey for RBNZ finds households reckon the inflation rate will be 4.1% in a year and they're getting progressively less optimistic about their chances of finding new jobs

Latest quarterly Household Expectations Survey for RBNZ finds households reckon the inflation rate will be 4.1% in a year and they're getting progressively less optimistic about their chances of finding new jobs

Activity levels in New Zealand's economic engine room remain at contractionary levels

Activity levels in New Zealand's economic engine room remain at contractionary levels

Fonterra chairman Peter McBride pushes the case with farmer-shareholders for why the co-operative wants to sell household name brands such as Anchor and Mainland

Fonterra chairman Peter McBride pushes the case with farmer-shareholders for why the co-operative wants to sell household name brands such as Anchor and Mainland

Statistics NZ's Selected Price Indexes show inflationary pressures are continuing to look subdued following the big rises of the past few years

Statistics NZ's Selected Price Indexes show inflationary pressures are continuing to look subdued following the big rises of the past few years

Latest quarterly Reserve Bank figures show the levels of new high debt-to-income borrowing are still well below the official limits that came into force in July this year

Latest quarterly Reserve Bank figures show the levels of new high debt-to-income borrowing are still well below the official limits that came into force in July this year

BNZ economists raise their forecast farmgate milk price to $9.75 on the back of buoyant global prices and a dip in the value of the NZ dollar

BNZ economists raise their forecast farmgate milk price to $9.75 on the back of buoyant global prices and a dip in the value of the NZ dollar

Monthly retail spending has seen its first year-on-year increase for the first time since February; hospitality industry has biggest monthly rise since November 2023

Monthly retail spending has seen its first year-on-year increase for the first time since February; hospitality industry has biggest monthly rise since November 2023

Economists see the Reserve Bank being wary on inflation and taking a cautious approach to further interest rate cuts next year

Economists see the Reserve Bank being wary on inflation and taking a cautious approach to further interest rate cuts next year

Influential RBNZ survey has perhaps surprisingly shown a small rise in the expectations of future inflation though most picks are still somewhere around the desired 2% level

Influential RBNZ survey has perhaps surprisingly shown a small rise in the expectations of future inflation though most picks are still somewhere around the desired 2% level

Westpac economists say the change in US administration reinforces their expectations that the RBNZ's approach to monetary policy easing over the New Year will be more cautious

Westpac economists say the change in US administration reinforces their expectations that the RBNZ's approach to monetary policy easing over the New Year will be more cautious

Fonterra's now forecasting a potential record $9.50 farmgate milk price and says it will go ahead with plans to sell its consumer businesses including household name brands such as Anchor and Mainland

Fonterra's now forecasting a potential record $9.50 farmgate milk price and says it will go ahead with plans to sell its consumer businesses including household name brands such as Anchor and Mainland

Newly released 2023 Census data shows that around one-in-16 houses in New Zealand are too small for the number of people living in them

Newly released 2023 Census data shows that around one-in-16 houses in New Zealand are too small for the number of people living in them

BNZ net profit driven by lending and deposit growth but offset by lower net interest margins and higher operating costs

BNZ net profit driven by lending and deposit growth but offset by lower net interest margins and higher operating costs

Latest Reserve Bank figures show six-month fixed rate terms maintaining their new found popularity - although there are signs of more variety in strategies being employed by the mortgage holders

Latest Reserve Bank figures show six-month fixed rate terms maintaining their new found popularity - although there are signs of more variety in strategies being employed by the mortgage holders

Corporate advisers Northington Partners say Fonterra shareholders could reap as much as $2 per share in cash from a successful asset sell-off

Corporate advisers Northington Partners say Fonterra shareholders could reap as much as $2 per share in cash from a successful asset sell-off

Stats NZ says its household living-cost price indexes show household costs - including interest payments - rose 3.8% in the year to September

Stats NZ says its household living-cost price indexes show household costs - including interest payments - rose 3.8% in the year to September

Latest Reserve Bank figures show over $70 billion worth of mortgages is due to be refixed before the end of 2024

Latest Reserve Bank figures show over $70 billion worth of mortgages is due to be refixed before the end of 2024

Labour market figures to be released in the coming week are expected to show sharply higher numbers of people out of work, but David Hargreaves says it would take a very substantial increase to surprise the Reserve Bank

Labour market figures to be released in the coming week are expected to show sharply higher numbers of people out of work, but David Hargreaves says it would take a very substantial increase to surprise the Reserve Bank

Reserve Bank figures show the annual housing lending growth rate has risen to 3.7% from 3.5% in the past month; non-performing housing loans fall for second consecutive month

Reserve Bank figures show the annual housing lending growth rate has risen to 3.7% from 3.5% in the past month; non-performing housing loans fall for second consecutive month

The RBNZ says despite house prices easing, purchasing a new house 'remains relatively unfavourable compared with long-term averages'

The RBNZ says despite house prices easing, purchasing a new house 'remains relatively unfavourable compared with long-term averages'

Xero says the country's small businesses are reporting continuing sales declines and slowing wages growth

Xero says the country's small businesses are reporting continuing sales declines and slowing wages growth

Latest Statistics NZ figures show that there's been no monthly jobs growth in any of the past six months - while the construction sector in particular is contracting substantially

Latest Statistics NZ figures show that there's been no monthly jobs growth in any of the past six months - while the construction sector in particular is contracting substantially

Latest mortgage figures from the Reserve Bank show, on a seasonally adjusted basis, mortgage commitments by value rose 6.9% in September

Latest mortgage figures from the Reserve Bank show, on a seasonally adjusted basis, mortgage commitments by value rose 6.9% in September

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says being more 'circumspect' with reducing interest rates relative to the speed at which they went up 'is the general idea'

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says being more 'circumspect' with reducing interest rates relative to the speed at which they went up 'is the general idea'

Reserve Bank signals the high levels of cash seen in the banking system since the onset of Covid may be gone by the second half of next year

Reserve Bank signals the high levels of cash seen in the banking system since the onset of Covid may be gone by the second half of next year