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Thursday, June 13, 11:22 PM Manufacturing in New Zealand (ENZL) grew by 4 points to 59.2 for May, the highest PMI level since June 2004 and the best May since 2002. Says BNZ, "The chances that NZ's economic growth this year is stronger than we currently forecast are increasing." Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, December 31, 2012, 11:56 AM More details on iShares' ETF fee hikes: Going to 0.53% from 0.51% (a 3.9% hike) are its New Zealand Investable Market Fund (ENZL), Sweden Fund (EWD), Germany Fund (EWG), Italy Fund (EWI), Japan Fund (EWJ) and Japan Small Cap Fund (SCJ). Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, June 21, 2012, 2:01 AM New Zealand's GDP grew a much faster-than-expected 1.1% in Q1, helped by a rise in agriculture and business services. Economists had targeted 0.5% growth. It's NZ's fastest pace of growth in nearly five years, but some strategists worry "the large rise will only cast further doubt on the veracity of the national accounts data, which have been subject to considerable revisions recently." 3 Comments [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 2:02 AM Economists expect little action from a slew of Asia-Pacific rate decisions this week. Given the rise in oil prices and the easing of eurozone meltdown concerns, central banks in South Korea, New Zealand, Indonesia and Malaysia are expected to hold rates steady. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 1:28 AM Consumers in New Zealand and Australia are proving fairly resilient. Despite a growth slowdown in Asia and the ongoing eurozone debt crisis, Aussie consumer confidence rose 4.2% this month to the highest level since November while retail sales in N.Z. gained 2.2% last quarter. Comment! [Global & FX, Consumer]
Friday, December 30, 2011, 12:38 PM With trading desks barely staffed, someone has decided to run some stops in the currency market. The greenback takes a plunge over the past couple of hours against nearly every major currency, but particularly vs. the yen, the aussie, and the kiwi. The yen has now regained nearly all the ground lost when Japan intervened in late October to weaken it. 5 Comments [Global & FX, On the Move]
Thursday, December 22, 2011, 5:05 AM New Zealand's GDP grew a larger than expected 0.8% in Q3 on a seasonally adjusted basis, but growth got a one-off boost from the Rugby World Cup and monetary policy is unlikely to change. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, July 18, 2011, 6:51 AM New Zealand's CPI rose more than expected in Q2, climbing 1% on the back of higher fuel and food costs. The country's record-low 2.5% cash rate is "on borrowed time," says one economist. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, July 14, 2011, 3:41 AM New Zealand is likely to raise its benchmark rate by year-end from a record-low 2.5% after GDP came in at +0.8% in the quarter ended Mar. 31, more than twice the +0.3% that the central bank had expected. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, June 13, 2011, 8:14 AM Christchurch is hit by a series of aftershocks from the major February earthquake, causing significant property damage, but no reported casualties. The kiwi drops more than 1% vs. the greenback, now buying $0.8121. Shares -0.4%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 5:26 PM It's morning in New Zealand and the kiwi is soaring, despite central bank governor Bollard's complaint the strong currency is "constraining rebalancing of the NZ economy." Perhaps markets are focused on his hint of gradual rate hikes over the coming years. BNZ +19%, ENZL +26% Y/Y. Comment! [Global & FX]
Monday, April 18, 2011, 8:03 AM The kiwi falls sharply, helped along by what is shaping up to be a 'risk off' day, but mostly from a report showing diving inflation in New Zealand. The CPI rose just 0.8% last quarter after a 2.3% jump previously, giving the central bank room to keep rates low. Kiwi -1.4%, buying $0.7875. ETF: BNZ. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 4:06 PM New Zealand cuts its benchmark interest rate 50 basis points to 2.5%, citing growth concerns in the wake of the Christchurch earthquake. The kiwi plummets but quickly bounces back as the move was not totally unexpected. Kiwi ETF: BNZ -0.1%. Shares ETF: ENZL -0.7%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Wednesday, March 2, 2011, 10:22 AM The kiwi falls to a 2 month low vs. the greenback and a 2 decade low vs. the aussie after NZ PM John Key says he expects the central bank to cut rates in response to the Christchurch earthquake. Key is a former currency trader. The RBNZ, ahem, declined to comment. BNZ -0.8%. FXA +0.3%. Comment! [Global & FX]
Tuesday, February 22, 2011, 7:35 AM RBC strategists sharply cut their growth forecast for New Zealand and say "a continuation of exceptionally loose monetary conditions through 2011 now appears wholly appropriate," after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Christchurch. Shares (ENZL) -0.7%. Kiwi (BNZ) -1.7% vs. the greenback. 1 Comment [Global & FX]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 5:32 PM The floor opens up underneath the kiwi as it drops 0.8% in minutes after New Zealand unemployment jumps to 6.8%. The central bank is waiting for a "more robust" recovery before raising its benchmark rate from 3%. Kiwi ETF: BNZ. NZ ETF: ENZL. 1 Comment [Global & FX]

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