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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; OCR unchanged with dovish spin; KiwiSaver balances swell; FHBs topped out, labour market holds, swaps drop, NZD drops, & more
28th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; OCR unchanged with dovish spin; KiwiSaver balances swell; FHBs topped out, labour market holds, swaps drop, NZD drops, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; ASB cuts one key home loan rate, rents level off, household pressures rise, Key to move on, intervention capacity up, swaps up, NZD retreats, & more
27th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; ASB cuts one key home loan rate, rents level off, household pressures rise, Key to move on, intervention capacity up, swaps up, NZD retreats, & more
ASB cuts 18 month fixed home loan rate by 26 basis points, ahead of the Reserve Bank's OCR decision, and in the face of a stuttering real estate market
27th Feb 24, 7:56am
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ASB cuts 18 month fixed home loan rate by 26 basis points, ahead of the Reserve Bank's OCR decision, and in the face of a stuttering real estate market
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; an eye-catching 6m TD rate, strong demand for some personal loans, costs stymie Suncorp, SFO probes failed crypto exchange, swaps on hold, NZD slips, & more
26th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; an eye-catching 6m TD rate, strong demand for some personal loans, costs stymie Suncorp, SFO probes failed crypto exchange, swaps on hold, NZD slips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rate changes, awful retail trade results, FHB affordability improves, WIA borrows big, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
23rd Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rate changes, awful retail trade results, FHB affordability improves, WIA borrows big, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ trims mortgage rates, trade deficit falls, credit cards out of favour, inflation expectations stinger, poverty progress?, swaps firm, NZD firm, & more
22nd Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ trims mortgage rates, trade deficit falls, credit cards out of favour, inflation expectations stinger, poverty progress?, swaps firm, NZD firm, & more
Another major bank tweaks its mortgage rate card lower as doubts spread about an OCR hike next week. Competition is rising as the real estate market hasn't really fired yet in its crucial selling season
22nd Feb 24, 8:06am
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Another major bank tweaks its mortgage rate card lower as doubts spread about an OCR hike next week. Competition is rising as the real estate market hasn't really fired yet in its crucial selling season
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; dairy outlook brighten, PPI rises modest, massive bond demand, monopolies duke it out, swaps stable, NZD firms again, & more
21st Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; dairy outlook brighten, PPI rises modest, massive bond demand, monopolies duke it out, swaps stable, NZD firms again, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; again no retail rate changes, Robertson quits, office consents unusually low, MPI critiqued, few tractors sold, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more
20th Feb 24, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; again no retail rate changes, Robertson quits, office consents unusually low, MPI critiqued, few tractors sold, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; services PMI expanding, some big corporate stumbles, Fonterra consolidates, Rio Tinto on back foot, swaps gold, NZD firm, & more
19th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; services PMI expanding, some big corporate stumbles, Fonterra consolidates, Rio Tinto on back foot, swaps gold, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Resimac ups rates, PMI 'less weak', IAG NZ profits jump, Orr solely inflation-focussed, population soars, swaps little-changed, NZD on hold, & more
16th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Resimac ups rates, PMI 'less weak', IAG NZ profits jump, Orr solely inflation-focussed, population soars, swaps little-changed, NZD on hold, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, Crown accounts reveal rising tax take, weak inbound tourism, high demand for NZGBs, swaps ease, NZD firms, & more
15th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, Crown accounts reveal rising tax take, weak inbound tourism, high demand for NZGBs, swaps ease, NZD firms, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; REINZ data soft, FBU dives, ASB profits lower, Tower positive, inflation eases, border arrivals high, swaps up, NZD lower, & more
14th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; REINZ data soft, FBU dives, ASB profits lower, Tower positive, inflation eases, border arrivals high, swaps up, NZD lower, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; QV HPI data out, less concrete poured, inflation expectations retreat, Nikkei 225 surges, swaps hold, NZD dips, & more
13th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; QV HPI data out, less concrete poured, inflation expectations retreat, Nikkei 225 surges, swaps hold, NZD dips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rates ease up, house completion fall, Fonterra raises dairy payout indicator, some ugly NZX ugliness, swaps hold, NZD holds, & more
12th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rates ease up, house completion fall, Fonterra raises dairy payout indicator, some ugly NZX ugliness, swaps hold, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Westpac trims rates, fewer big renos, Zollner goes full hawk, space center opens, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
9th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Westpac trims rates, fewer big renos, Zollner goes full hawk, space center opens, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
The Red Bank becomes the first major to break out of the tight range of mortgage rates being offered by the majors, cutting both fixed home loan rates modestly (and term deposit rates by more) even as wholesale rates rise
9th Feb 24, 6:04am
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The Red Bank becomes the first major to break out of the tight range of mortgage rates being offered by the majors, cutting both fixed home loan rates modestly (and term deposit rates by more) even as wholesale rates rise
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Heartland makes surprise mortgage rate cuts, more houses sell at a loss, Auckland regional fuel tax killed, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
8th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Heartland makes surprise mortgage rate cuts, more houses sell at a loss, Auckland regional fuel tax killed, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
Latest Reserve Bank figures indicate New Zealand's home owner-occupiers are increasingly focusing on shorter term fixed mortgage rates - presumably in the assumption that rates will come down sooner rather than later
8th Feb 24, 3:51pm
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Latest Reserve Bank figures indicate New Zealand's home owner-occupiers are increasingly focusing on shorter term fixed mortgage rates - presumably in the assumption that rates will come down sooner rather than later
Heartland Bank slices its fixed home loan rates with big cuts to all terms, opening up a big differences to main bank rates
8th Feb 24, 8:46am
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Heartland Bank slices its fixed home loan rates with big cuts to all terms, opening up a big differences to main bank rates
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; dairy prices rise, meat exports fall, jobless rate little-changed, analyst sees an OCR rise, NAB gets new CEO, swaps up, NZD firm
7th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; dairy prices rise, meat exports fall, jobless rate little-changed, analyst sees an OCR rise, NAB gets new CEO, swaps up, NZD firm
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; no retail rate changes, listings surge, FBU hit, commodity prices hold up, record bank funding levels, swaps up, NZD holds, & more
5th Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; no retail rate changes, listings surge, FBU hit, commodity prices hold up, record bank funding levels, swaps up, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Barfoots weak in January, building consents weak, car sales soft, consumer confidence low, retail weak, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
2nd Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Barfoots weak in January, building consents weak, car sales soft, consumer confidence low, retail weak, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; a hot 2yr home loan rate, household living costs higher than CPI, non-performing loans up swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
1st Feb 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; a hot 2yr home loan rate, household living costs higher than CPI, non-performing loans up swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
Latest RBNZ figures show non-performing housing loans rose by 78.5% in the past year - but the stress levels are still much lower than they were after the global financial crisis
1st Feb 24, 9:23am
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Latest RBNZ figures show non-performing housing loans rose by 78.5% in the past year - but the stress levels are still much lower than they were after the global financial crisis