January Building Consents (also known as Building Permits): -3.8% m/m
- prior -2.3% (revised from -2.1%)
Up 3.6% y/y
From Statistics New Zealand:
- "The trend for new dwellings is rising and is at its highest level since July 2007. Excluding apartments, the trend is flat," business indicators manager Neil Kelly said.
- The seasonally adjusted number of new dwellings consented decreased 3.8 percent in January 2015. Excluding apartments, this number fell 7.5 percent.
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Later from New Zealand we'll get:
At 0000GMT:
- ANZ Business confidence for February, prior was 30.4
- ANZ Activity Outlook for February, prior was 37.3
At 0200GMT:
January M3 money supply y/y
- prior was +6.3%