Archive for August, 2015

NZ: Problems at the Diary

21st August 2015

New Zealand’s economy is slowing, quite sharply, as a number of its former stimuli fade. Admittedly, the available data hasn’t been that weak thus far and consequently the RBNZ has continued cautiously with its easing of policy. We suspect that…

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Australia: recession-bound

21st August 2015

Australia’s economy has weakened significantly as the non-commodity sectors have been unable to fill the void left by the now defunct commodity boom. Certainly, the trend within the economy seems to remain towards weaker growth; the strength in the property…

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