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Key sees haircuts for Solid Energy's banks

PM Key downbeat on Solid Energy's future after Korda Mentha report arrives; says it probably has no equity and he expects banks will have to take haircuts on NZ$389 mln of debt

RBNZ goes with banks' 'preferred' LVR cap approach

RBNZ chooses 'speed limits' and 'tiered limits' to contain banks' high LVR loans rather than outright caps on high LVR lending; Says it has no mandate to improve housing affordability

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

OECD reckons NZ's GFC was as bad as Greece's; Drums beating for limits on non-resident purchases of NZ homes; NZ's scandalous workplace safety; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am: Americans confident

Bernanke upbeat; US consumers confident; China's house prices rise; Aussie home loan war; China buying local electricity systems; NZ$1 = US$0.806 TWI = 76.3

Bond yields driven lower

Investors pile into longer dated NZ bonds causing flattening bias to yield curve

NZ Govt Bond tender number 494 results

Latest bond tender of NZ$120 mln received bids for NZ$480 mln with 10 year bonds yielding an average of 3.3583%

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Canada's housing bubble beginning to leak after high LVR limits imposed; How Canadians avoid those rules; Low interest rates keep zombies alive; Peter Thiel and Bitcoin; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

Big inflation-indexed bond issuance

Government borrowing program will be $3 bln lower over next the five years: NZDMO

90 seconds at 9 am: Downgrades coming ?

S&P concerned about smaller NZ banks and housing risks; US economy slowing, inflation vanishes; Japan growth shines; NZ$1 = US$0.818 TWI = 76.9

Net $10 bln of bonds to be issued

Budget confirms bond issuance for next 12 months; DMO's desire is for inflation-indexed bonds to reach up to 20% of outstanding bonds

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