Tim Bowring
Tim Bowring
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Plunging business confidence and easing consumption should suppress import growth. Should the economic slowdown be more pronounced than expected, the trade deficit may have benefited.
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The New Zealand dollar continues to be hampered by the recent swag of weak economic data. We suspect the currency will continue to come under pressure.
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The significant drop in residential approvals (excluding apartments) suggests the impact of consecutive rate hikes in late 2005 may be finally taking hold, although we remain wary of calling a downward trend after just one month of negative data in this volatile series.
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The news will be frowned on by the Reserve Bank, which has yet to see a sustained easing in the housing market.