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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, profits higher nearly everywhere, giant BNZ bond, NZGB yields over 5%, swaps fall back & flatten, NZD holds, & more
24th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, profits higher nearly everywhere, giant BNZ bond, NZGB yields over 5%, swaps fall back & flatten, NZD holds, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; big changes to mortgage and TD rates, retail spending shrinks, but credit stress less, swaps sharply lower, NZD up, & more
23rd Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; big changes to mortgage and TD rates, retail spending shrinks, but credit stress less, swaps sharply lower, NZD up, & more
ASB opened the door, and the first to walk through it is ANZ with an even steeper set of fixed home loan rate increases
22nd Aug 23, 7:04pm
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ASB opened the door, and the first to walk through it is ANZ with an even steeper set of fixed home loan rate increases
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, interest-free car loans from Westpac, are rates really high?, swaps up, NZD holds, & more
22nd Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, interest-free car loans from Westpac, are rates really high?, swaps up, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; ASB raises fixed home loan rates, affordability for FHBs worsens, more big bond issues coming, bigger trade deficit, swaps up, NZD stable, & more
21st Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; ASB raises fixed home loan rates, affordability for FHBs worsens, more big bond issues coming, bigger trade deficit, swaps up, NZD stable, & more
ASB heeds their owner's boss, raising home loan rates in unseasonal drive to protect profits. But SBS Bank strikes with a very competitive sub-6% three year rate
21st Aug 23, 9:02am
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ASB heeds their owner's boss, raising home loan rates in unseasonal drive to protect profits. But SBS Bank strikes with a very competitive sub-6% three year rate
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; house vendors accept lower offers, Fonterra cuts again, tractor sales low, farms to be in ETS, swaps firmish, NZD holds, & more
18th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; house vendors accept lower offers, Fonterra cuts again, tractor sales low, farms to be in ETS, swaps firmish, NZD holds, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; workers rush in, wealth shrinks, PPI rise tame except on farms, no debt stress, election and NZX50 updates, swaps up, NZD down, & more
17th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; workers rush in, wealth shrinks, PPI rise tame except on farms, no debt stress, election and NZX50 updates, swaps up, NZD down, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; sharp dairy prices falls, RBNZ leaves OCR unchanged, real estate sector heads 'south', swaps unchanged, NZD firms, & more
16th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; sharp dairy prices falls, RBNZ leaves OCR unchanged, real estate sector heads 'south', swaps unchanged, NZD firms, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; housing market stays cold, job ad levels fall, incomes up faster than inflation, inflation expectations stay high, swaps up, NZD stable, & much more
15th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; housing market stays cold, job ad levels fall, incomes up faster than inflation, inflation expectations stay high, swaps up, NZD stable, & much more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Westpac trims its 2yr home loan offer, service sector in a grim spot, migrants rush in, swaps up, NZD down, & more
14th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Westpac trims its 2yr home loan offer, service sector in a grim spot, migrants rush in, swaps up, NZD down, & more
Westpac steps out of line with a 10 basis points cut to its 2-year fixed home loan rate. Although not a large drop, it is the first non-trivial reduction in a main bank 2-year rate for six months
14th Aug 23, 12:35pm
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Westpac steps out of line with a 10 basis points cut to its 2-year fixed home loan rate. Although not a large drop, it is the first non-trivial reduction in a main bank 2-year rate for six months
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; inflation pressure still intense, Fonterra earns more, FMA issues ironic warning, green tick explained, swaps up, NZD down, & much more
11th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; inflation pressure still intense, Fonterra earns more, FMA issues ironic warning, green tick explained, swaps up, NZD down, & much more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more homes sell at a loss, more milk price cuts, farmers grumpier, less concrete poured, swaps steepen, NZD on hold, & more
10th Aug 23, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more homes sell at a loss, more milk price cuts, farmers grumpier, less concrete poured, swaps steepen, NZD on hold, & more
Commerce Commission says which bank gets our savings and home loans could reveal whether there's enough bank competition
10th Aug 23, 10:52am
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Commerce Commission says which bank gets our savings and home loans could reveal whether there's enough bank competition
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, ASB posts record profit, inflation expectations don't ease, swaps stable, NZD softish, & more
9th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, ASB posts record profit, inflation expectations don't ease, swaps stable, NZD softish, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; a few retail rate rises, housing values decline further, life insurance passes stress tests, swaps up, NZD unchanged, & more
8th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; a few retail rate rises, housing values decline further, life insurance passes stress tests, swaps up, NZD unchanged, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; rush of new homes available; tackling card surcharges, supermarket costs still up sharply, pockets of debt jump, swaps & NZD flat, & more
7th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; rush of new homes available; tackling card surcharges, supermarket costs still up sharply, pockets of debt jump, swaps & NZD flat, & more
Latest Reserve Bank figures show that while one-year fixed mortgage terms remain most popular for new mortgage borrowing, three year terms are surging in popularity
7th Aug 23, 3:52pm
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Latest Reserve Bank figures show that while one-year fixed mortgage terms remain most popular for new mortgage borrowing, three year terms are surging in popularity
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rate changes, Barfoot volumes hold low, prices fall, building cost pressure eases, dairy payout slashed, ANZ rejected, swaps and NZD stable, & more
4th Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rate changes, Barfoot volumes hold low, prices fall, building cost pressure eases, dairy payout slashed, ANZ rejected, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; commodity prices under pressure, businesses seek for loans, NZGBs still popular, swaps firm, NZD weak, & more
3rd Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; commodity prices under pressure, businesses seek for loans, NZGBs still popular, swaps firm, NZD weak, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; BNZ raises floating mortgage rate, employment rises sharply, car sales drop, dairy prices drop, retail sales still tough, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
2nd Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; BNZ raises floating mortgage rate, employment rises sharply, car sales drop, dairy prices drop, retail sales still tough, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; housing data weak, Kiwibank gets a capital injection, jump in non-performing mortgages, swaps firm, NZD up, & more
1st Aug 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; housing data weak, Kiwibank gets a capital injection, jump in non-performing mortgages, swaps firm, NZD up, & more
Latest RBNZ lending figures show the total stock of mortgage borrowing has hit $350 billion for the first time, while the nearly $1.2 billion growth in the 'mortgage pile' last month was the most since November last year
31st Jul 23, 3:59pm
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Latest RBNZ lending figures show the total stock of mortgage borrowing has hit $350 billion for the first time, while the nearly $1.2 billion growth in the 'mortgage pile' last month was the most since November last year
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; business sentiments lifts slightly, ComCom active, lending picks up, savers chase higher interest rates, swaps soft, NZD stable, & more
31st Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; business sentiments lifts slightly, ComCom active, lending picks up, savers chase higher interest rates, swaps soft, NZD stable, & more