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90 seconds at 9 am: Yields up; Dow rises above 15,000; Gold tumbles; central bankers jawbone; Basel triggers bank hunt for new capital; NZ$1 = US$0.778, TWI = 73.5
28th Jun 13, 8:31am
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90 seconds at 9 am: Yields up; Dow rises above 15,000; Gold tumbles; central bankers jawbone; Basel triggers bank hunt for new capital; NZ$1 = US$0.778, TWI = 73.5
RBNZ reveals it was a net buyer of NZ$90 million during May
27th Jun 13, 3:09pm
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RBNZ reveals it was a net buyer of NZ$90 million during May
Thursday's Top 10 at 10: The PBoC's embarrassing climbdown; Irish banking 'craic'; 'The feral hogs' fighting the Fed; The tragedy of the under-employed; Going from monetary policy Wild Turkey to cold turkey; Dilbert
27th Jun 13, 10:11am
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Thursday's Top 10 at 10: The PBoC's embarrassing climbdown; Irish banking 'craic'; 'The feral hogs' fighting the Fed; The tragedy of the under-employed; Going from monetary policy Wild Turkey to cold turkey; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Q1 US GDP revised down; QE for longer; Pimco loses on higher rates; PBOC calms markets; IT shift to NZ; NZ$1 = US$0.778, TWI = 73.5
27th Jun 13, 8:44am
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90 seconds at 9 am: Q1 US GDP revised down; QE for longer; Pimco loses on higher rates; PBOC calms markets; IT shift to NZ; NZ$1 = US$0.778, TWI = 73.5
Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: The amazing Tal Bayer; 'We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society'; 'Last year's canes seldom bear fruit'; John Oliver on credit rating agencies; Dilbert
26th Jun 13, 11:40am
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Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: The amazing Tal Bayer; 'We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society'; 'Last year's canes seldom bear fruit'; John Oliver on credit rating agencies; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: PBOC tries to calm markets; US house prices rise, durable orders up; natural gas prices tank; bank bond losses; NZ$1 = US$0.774, TWI = 73.0
26th Jun 13, 8:43am
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90 seconds at 9 am: PBOC tries to calm markets; US house prices rise, durable orders up; natural gas prices tank; bank bond losses; NZ$1 = US$0.774, TWI = 73.0
Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: The dangerous opacity of the People's Bank of China; Another ghost city; Britain's still over-valued house prices; The young and the isolated; 'Too big to fail and too big to exist' ; Dilbert
25th Jun 13, 10:18am
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Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: The dangerous opacity of the People's Bank of China; Another ghost city; Britain's still over-valued house prices; The young and the isolated; 'Too big to fail and too big to exist' ; Dilbert
Roger J Kerr says the US 10-year Treasury bond yields still have a very long way to go in the new trend upwards
25th Jun 13, 9:07am
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Roger J Kerr says the US 10-year Treasury bond yields still have a very long way to go in the new trend upwards
90 seconds at 9 am: China in bear market, US Treasury prices slump; yields rising everywhere; huge gold mine writedowns; NZ$1 = US$0.779, TWI = 73.3
25th Jun 13, 8:44am
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90 seconds at 9 am: China in bear market, US Treasury prices slump; yields rising everywhere; huge gold mine writedowns; NZ$1 = US$0.779, TWI = 73.3
Roger J Kerr reads the lead indicators and sees a range of 0.7500 to 0.8000 for the Kiwi dollar
24th Jun 13, 5:28pm
Roger J Kerr reads the lead indicators and sees a range of 0.7500 to 0.8000 for the Kiwi dollar
Monday's Top 10: Matt Tabbai on ratings agencies; threepeat; rising credit spreads; low-cost supplier; Bernanke's replacement; Pascal Bruckner; Dilbert, and more
24th Jun 13, 10:39am
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Monday's Top 10: Matt Tabbai on ratings agencies; threepeat; rising credit spreads; low-cost supplier; Bernanke's replacement; Pascal Bruckner; Dilbert, and more
90 seconds at 9 am: BIS issues warnings on inflation and rising interest rates; window-dressing; bond sale failures; NZ$1 = US$0.774, TWI = 73.2
24th Jun 13, 8:48am
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90 seconds at 9 am: BIS issues warnings on inflation and rising interest rates; window-dressing; bond sale failures; NZ$1 = US$0.774, TWI = 73.2
Friday's Top 10: Chinese credit oh so crunchy; Xi Jingping's crackdown on the 'four winds' of bureaucracy, formalism, hedonism and extravagance; How China's shadow banks might implode; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
21st Jun 13, 1:06pm
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Friday's Top 10: Chinese credit oh so crunchy; Xi Jingping's crackdown on the 'four winds' of bureaucracy, formalism, hedonism and extravagance; How China's shadow banks might implode; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Gold tumbles; equities fall; credit spreads up sharply; China credit squeeze worsens; oil down 4%; NZ$1 = US$0.773, TWI = 72.8
21st Jun 13, 7:31am
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90 seconds at 9 am: Gold tumbles; equities fall; credit spreads up sharply; China credit squeeze worsens; oil down 4%; NZ$1 = US$0.773, TWI = 72.8
Roger J Kerr on today's GDP surprise, the Fed's potential QE tapering, the OCR outlook, NZ$ outlook and why borrowers should fix their mortgages
20th Jun 13, 2:31pm
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Roger J Kerr on today's GDP surprise, the Fed's potential QE tapering, the OCR outlook, NZ$ outlook and why borrowers should fix their mortgages
Thursday's Top 10: Bernanke comes out 'all guns blazing'; Gareth Morgan on NZ's speculative property investment craze and the 'great Auckland sucking machine'; How to inhale alcohol; Dilbert
20th Jun 13, 12:21pm
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Thursday's Top 10: Bernanke comes out 'all guns blazing'; Gareth Morgan on NZ's speculative property investment craze and the 'great Auckland sucking machine'; How to inhale alcohol; Dilbert
NZ GDP grew just 0.3% in Q1, weaker than the 0.5% growth economists and RBNZ had forecast; drought effects offset rebuild boost
20th Jun 13, 11:01am
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NZ GDP grew just 0.3% in Q1, weaker than the 0.5% growth economists and RBNZ had forecast; drought effects offset rebuild boost
90 seconds at 9 am: Fed signals no change until unemployment below 7%; markets fall; China's credit crunch worsens; Swiss say no; NZ$1 = US$0.787, TWI = 73.7
20th Jun 13, 8:43am
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90 seconds at 9 am: Fed signals no change until unemployment below 7%; markets fall; China's credit crunch worsens; Swiss say no; NZ$1 = US$0.787, TWI = 73.7
Wednesday's Top 10: To Taper or not to Taper, that is the question; Why economic planners should embrace doubt and failure; Mile high skyscrapers?;'Eating baloney and burping caviar'; Shhhhh about Shibor; Dilbert
19th Jun 13, 1:44pm
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Wednesday's Top 10: To Taper or not to Taper, that is the question; Why economic planners should embrace doubt and failure; Mile high skyscrapers?;'Eating baloney and burping caviar'; Shhhhh about Shibor; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Signs Bernanke may step down; US housing starts higher, CPI low; Deloitte fined and barred in NY; dairy prices rise; NZ$1 = US$0.800, TWI = 74.2
19th Jun 13, 8:50am
90 seconds at 9 am: Signs Bernanke may step down; US housing starts higher, CPI low; Deloitte fined and barred in NY; dairy prices rise; NZ$1 = US$0.800, TWI = 74.2
Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: Charlene Chu and China's 'Minsky Moment'; How Australian term depositors have more protection than NZ's'; China's over-capacity and deflationary driver; Helicopter drops; Dilbert
18th Jun 13, 1:15pm
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Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: Charlene Chu and China's 'Minsky Moment'; How Australian term depositors have more protection than NZ's'; China's over-capacity and deflationary driver; Helicopter drops; Dilbert
Roger J Kerr says the inevitable increases in the OCR in early 2014 are likely to be larger and more rapid than what most expect
18th Jun 13, 8:54am
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Roger J Kerr says the inevitable increases in the OCR in early 2014 are likely to be larger and more rapid than what most expect
90 seconds at 9 am: Taper timeline wanted; bond markets brace; US factories upbeat; criminal charges in Libor case; China credit crunch worsens; NZ$1 = US$0.798, TWI = 74.0
18th Jun 13, 8:42am
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90 seconds at 9 am: Taper timeline wanted; bond markets brace; US factories upbeat; criminal charges in Libor case; China credit crunch worsens; NZ$1 = US$0.798, TWI = 74.0
Roger J Kerr sees the NZD-USD trading range between 0.75 and 0.83 over the next year
18th Jun 13, 8:08am
Roger J Kerr sees the NZD-USD trading range between 0.75 and 0.83 over the next year
Opposition Labour/Green/NZ First recommend 'new orthodox' monetary policy without details, NZ first procurement and extended R&D tax breaks for manufacturers
17th Jun 13, 10:56am
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Opposition Labour/Green/NZ First recommend 'new orthodox' monetary policy without details, NZ first procurement and extended R&D tax breaks for manufacturers