Valuing NZD Amid Soaring Terms of Trade

We have updated our “fair value” purchasing powerparities (PPP) on the NZ dollar. And we’ve augmentedthese with due consideration of New Zealand’s boomingterms of trade. This, not surprisingly, gives a better fit tothe sorts of NZ dollar levels we’re seeing. However, theresults for NZD/AUD are not so straightforward. Theysuggest NZD/AUD has already overshot a bit on a PPPbasis and much more besides after accounting for termsof trade relativities.

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