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NZ rents fall amid migration slump
Statistics New Zealand’s latest migration data showed that only 13,066 net overseas migrants landed in the country in the year to July 2025.
Leith van Onselen
7 hours ago
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Reserve Bank panics, cuts rates by 0.5%
New Zealand’s economy is in a deep hole.
Leith van Onselen
18 hours ago
20
New Zealand’s house price crash continues
Leith van Onselen
2 days ago
6
Reserve Bank readies deep interest rate cuts
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has already delivered 2.5% of interest rate cuts, which has taken the official cash rate to 3.0% from a peak of 5.5%.
Leith van Onselen
3 days ago
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NZ warns that Australia’s backdoor is open
Under a series of treaties signed by the Australian and New Zealand governments, New Zealand citizens have the right to move to Australia and live there indefinitely under the Special Category Visa (SCV).
Tarric Brooker
3 days ago
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Listings deluge sinks New Zealand house prices
Leith van Onselen
6 days ago
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Reserve Bank to cut 0.75% to save job market
On Monday, Stats NZ released data on filled jobs for August, which recorded a 0.2% monthly rise, in line with expectations.
Leith van Onselen
9 days ago
2
New Zealand ramps low-skilled migration to juice GDP
Statistics New Zealand this week released migration data, which showed that only 13,066 net overseas migrants landed in New Zealand in the year to July.
Leith van Onselen
15 days ago
6
New Zealand celebrates crashing housing market
A decade ago, soaring New Zealand home prices were “freaking people out, especially in Auckland”, claims Catherine Masters at One Roof.
Leith van Onselen
17 days ago
20
Reserve Bank poised to slash rates
On Thursday, Stats NZ released the Q2 national accounts, which revealed a sharper-than-expected decline in real GDP.
Leith van Onselen
20 days ago
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New Zealand’s endless recession
The Reserve Bank GDP nowcast, released last Friday, forecast that New Zealand’s GDP contracted by 0.4% in Q2 2025.
Leith van Onselen
21 days ago
1
Reserve Bank recession indicator flashes red
I reported last week how New Zealand is facing an employment crisis.
Leith van Onselen
24 days ago
4
Fed up Kiwis flee to Australia
Statistics New Zealand this week released migration data, which showed that only 13,066 net overseas migrants landed in New Zealand in the year to July.
Leith van Onselen
27 days ago
16
Mass unemployment forces Reserve Bank to slash rates
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cut the official cash rate (OCR) by 2.5% since July 2024, taking the OCR down to 3.0% from a peak of 5.5%.
Leith van Onselen
28 days ago
3
The Great New Zealand house price crash
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has slashed the official cash rate by 2.5% since July 2024.
Leith van Onselen
29 days ago
27
New Zealand’s never-ending house price bust
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
10
New Zealand desperately tries to reignite house prices
New Zealand’s economy and housing market remain in a funk.
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
7
Falling interest rates won’t save New Zealand house prices
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has slashed the official cash rate (OCR) by 2.5%, with another 0.5% of cuts expected by the end of 2026.
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
6
Young Kiwis flee to Australia
The latest official labour force survey showed that New Zealand’s unemployment rate lifted to 5.2% in Q2 2025, the highest rate since Q4 2016.
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
11
The endless decline of New Zealand house prices
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has cut the official cash rate (OCR) by 2.5%, with another 0.5% worth of rate cuts expected by the end of 2026.
Leith van Onselen
1 month ago
27
Reserve Bank panic set to crater interest rates
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut the official cash rate (OCR) by 25bp to 3.0%, a decision widely expected by economists and markets.
Leith van Onselen
2 months ago
2
Recession alarm sounds for Reserve Bank
New Zealand’s economy continues to face severe challenges.
Leith van Onselen
2 months ago
1
New Zealand house prices plummet
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has slashed the official cash rate (OCR) by 2.25%, with further rate cuts expected.
Leith van Onselen
2 months ago
27
Reserve Bank must hit the interest rate accelerator
New Zealand’s economy continues to struggle.
Leith van Onselen
2 months ago
7
Soaring unemployment has Kiwis raiding Australia
Last week, Statistics New Zealand reported that the nation’s unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in Q2 2025, the highest rate since Q4 2016.
Leith van Onselen
2 months ago
20
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