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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; home loan affordability isn't improving, Truckometer suggests no recession, Auckland's $4 bln hit, swaps firm, NZD up, & more
25th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; home loan affordability isn't improving, Truckometer suggests no recession, Auckland's $4 bln hit, swaps firm, NZD up, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many mortgage rates increases, a few TD rate increases, tiny trade surplus, seeking more Tier 2 capital, swaps and NZD stable, & more
24th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many mortgage rates increases, a few TD rate increases, tiny trade surplus, seeking more Tier 2 capital, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; TD rates push up over 6%, job ads go soft, courts tackle breaches, credit rating downgraded, swaps litt-changed, NZD softer, & more
21st Jul 23, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; TD rates push up over 6%, job ads go soft, courts tackle breaches, credit rating downgraded, swaps litt-changed, NZD softer, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more retail rate changes, dairy price falls bring payout forecast cut, GHG emissions fall, swaps up NZD stable, & more
20th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more retail rate changes, dairy price falls bring payout forecast cut, GHG emissions fall, swaps up NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; some more mortgage rate rises, CPI fall less than it seems, dairy price fall risks payout drop, swaps stable, NZD dips, & more
19th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; some more mortgage rate rises, CPI fall less than it seems, dairy price fall risks payout drop, swaps stable, NZD dips, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; ANZ launches $250 mln climate loan fund; mixed merchant trading conditions, Aussie 'hold' may be temporary, swaps stable, NZD lower, & more
18th Jul 23, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; ANZ launches $250 mln climate loan fund; mixed merchant trading conditions, Aussie 'hold' may be temporary, swaps stable, NZD lower, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; SBS leads with big TD offer, services stutter, tractor sales weak, settlement account balances fall, swaps slip, NZD holds, & more
17th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; SBS leads with big TD offer, services stutter, tractor sales weak, settlement account balances fall, swaps slip, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ ups floating rate, REINZ data suggests trough reached; food prices jump; factories in long slump, swaps fall, NZD rises, & more
13th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ ups floating rate, REINZ data suggests trough reached; food prices jump; factories in long slump, swaps fall, NZD rises, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no retail rates changes, none for the OCR either, no capital gains or wealth taxes, more workers arrive, swaps soft, NZD holds, & more
12th Jul 23, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no retail rates changes, none for the OCR either, no capital gains or wealth taxes, more workers arrive, swaps soft, NZD holds, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; BNZ & ANZ home loan changes, house values still falling, Grocery Commissioner named, Aussie data soft, swaps fall, NZD still firm, & more
11th Jul 23, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; BNZ & ANZ home loan changes, house values still falling, Grocery Commissioner named, Aussie data soft, swaps fall, NZD still firm, & more
BNZ moves some fixed home loan rates up but not by as much as some key rivals. Wholesale rate increases have been driving the shift higher
11th Jul 23, 8:30am
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BNZ moves some fixed home loan rates up but not by as much as some key rivals. Wholesale rate increases have been driving the shift higher
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Supermarket supplier cost rises moderating, EU FTA signed, China inflation flat & more
10th Jul 23, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Supermarket supplier cost rises moderating, EU FTA signed, China inflation flat & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; few more retail rate rises, retailers report tough winter conditions, wholesale rates rise very sharply, NZD slips, & more
7th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; few more retail rate rises, retailers report tough winter conditions, wholesale rates rise very sharply, NZD slips, & more
Three of the five main banks have now pushed through higher home loan rates. Two of them have also raised some longer term deposit rates. In the background, some wholesale swap rates pushed on up to 15 year highs
6th Jul 23, 5:53pm
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Three of the five main banks have now pushed through higher home loan rates. Two of them have also raised some longer term deposit rates. In the background, some wholesale swap rates pushed on up to 15 year highs
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Westpac moves rates up, net worth falls but we are still saving, Auckland new house completions still high, swaps firm, NZD stable, & more
6th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Westpac moves rates up, net worth falls but we are still saving, Auckland new house completions still high, swaps firm, NZD stable, & more
A new data series from the Reserve Bank shows recent promotion of lower interest rates for three-year mortgage terms by some of the major banks has swayed significant numbers of customers to 'go longer' with their terms
6th Jul 23, 3:53pm
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A new data series from the Reserve Bank shows recent promotion of lower interest rates for three-year mortgage terms by some of the major banks has swayed significant numbers of customers to 'go longer' with their terms
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no-one has followed ASB up yet, Barfoots flat, CoreLogic says its down, dairy prices lower, Westpac keeps Govt banking, swaps up, NZD up, & more
5th Jul 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no-one has followed ASB up yet, Barfoots flat, CoreLogic says its down, dairy prices lower, Westpac keeps Govt banking, swaps up, NZD up, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, QSBO less pessimistic, eyes on dairy prices, eyes on RBA and Aussie mortgage stress, swaps and NZD stable, & more
4th Jul 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, QSBO less pessimistic, eyes on dairy prices, eyes on RBA and Aussie mortgage stress, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; ASB drives mortgage rates higher, Heartland TD rates; mortgage stress emerges; building permits slide; car buying splurge; swaps firm, NZD stable, & much more
3rd Jul 23, 4:01pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; ASB drives mortgage rates higher, Heartland TD rates; mortgage stress emerges; building permits slide; car buying splurge; swaps firm, NZD stable, & much more
[updated]
July kicks off with a sharp hike by ASB to its one year fixed mortgage rate, taking it to its highest since late 2008. Will rivals follow?
3rd Jul 23, 10:25am
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July kicks off with a sharp hike by ASB to its one year fixed mortgage rate, taking it to its highest since late 2008. Will rivals follow?
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; consumer sentiment rises, Westpac seeks T1 bond funding, farm sales very low, households pile in to TDs, swaps jump, NZD low & stable, & more
30th Jun 23, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; consumer sentiment rises, Westpac seeks T1 bond funding, farm sales very low, households pile in to TDs, swaps jump, NZD low & stable, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; business sentiment makes surprise jump, Tiger pinged, Banking Ombudsman pushes banks, swaps and NZD stable
29th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; business sentiment makes surprise jump, Tiger pinged, Banking Ombudsman pushes banks, swaps and NZD stable
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday: more jobs & higher pay, FHBs buy for less, tackling online fraud, can you support us, swaps up, NZD down, & more
28th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday: more jobs & higher pay, FHBs buy for less, tackling online fraud, can you support us, swaps up, NZD down, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; some more mortgage rate increases, jobs market confidence down, credit stress still low, new mortgage levels low, swaps and NZD stable, & more
27th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; some more mortgage rate increases, jobs market confidence down, credit stress still low, new mortgage levels low, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; affordability for existing homeowners still good, power supply on edge, ProdCom sidelines itself, swaps soft, NZD firm, & more
26th Jun 23, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; affordability for existing homeowners still good, power supply on edge, ProdCom sidelines itself, swaps soft, NZD firm, & more