In this month’s newsletter, Brad Olsen sets out his reasons for being firmly against a cut to the official cash rate (OCR).

Chief Forecaster Gareth Kiernan looks at some of the key trends from the Infometrics forecasts released last week. While storm clouds are brewing, strong construction activity will keep economic growth stronger than previously expected over the next year.

We continue our ‘a day in the life of an economist’ series by interviewing Paul Barkle.

Finally, David Friggens looks at migration data in our 'Chart of the Month' to show Muslim migration to New Zealand is relatively low.