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Property / Opinion
Is 'rentvesting' a savvy way to game the property market or a risky investment strategy?
5th May 24, 6:00am
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Becoming a landlord while still renting? ‘Rentvesting’ promises a foot on the property ladder, but watch your step, James Graham says
Currencies / Opinion
Currencies on chessboard
Currencies / Opinion
Currency wars ?
5th May 24, 10:14am
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by David Skilling
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David Skilling says the strong USD is generating economic pressures around the world, with the potential for disruptive responses – reinforced by geopolitical rivalry
Economy / Analysis
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Economy / Analysis
The Coalition Government is rowing upstream on productivity
5th May 24, 8:01am
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by Dan Brunskill
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Treasury says New Zealand faces a range of productivity problems which could lead to downgrades in future forecasts
Public Policy / Opinion
Green growth
Public Policy / Opinion
Averting climate catastrophe requires economic growth
4th May 24, 6:59pm
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by Guest
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Alessio Terzi and Gernot Wagner show why shrinking the global economy, as envisaged by the advocates of degrowth, is a very bad way to cut emissions
Public Policy / Opinion
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Public Policy / Opinion
Beyond authoritarianism in environmental management
4th May 24, 9:45am
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by Guest
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Katharine Moody argues the Fast Track Approvals Bill is a governance arrangement as bad as the partisan means through which US Supreme Court judges are selected
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Banking / News
data
Banking / News
Data protection key to making the most of open banking and avoiding the dark web, BNZ boss says
4th May 24, 9:10am
by Gareth Vaughan
CEO Dan Huggins says BNZ wants a 'robust' consumer data right regime standing behind open banking, which offers 'lots of things' beneficial to customers
Banking / Opinion
Banking / Opinion
The US Treasury's bond blunder will cost Gen Z dearly
5th May 24, 9:48am
by Guest
Todd Buchholz and James Carter thinks the US should have locked in favourable borrowing rates when it had the chance
Business / News
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Business / News
No threat to grocery competition from proposed merger, says Foodstuffs
4th May 24, 9:01am
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by Ella Somers
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Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island say proposed merger ‘isn’t capable’ of hindering grocery competition, others beg to differ
Economy / News
Rotorua geothermal hotspot
Economy / News
Weekend briefing: US jobs growth soft, markets cheer
4th May 24, 8:46am
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by David Chaston
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Headline American employment growth slows, US services sector expansion slows but new orders grow; SEC uncovers massive fraud; Apple stumbles, investors don't case; UST 10yr 4.50%; gold and oil slip; NZ$1 = 60.2 USc; TWI-5 = 69.4
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Economy / Opinion
Musk has made Tesla a meme stock
4th May 24, 9:30am
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Guest
reasoning or intuition ?
Investing / Opinion
Can we trust our gut? 
4th May 24, 9:21am
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Sheryl Sutherland
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Economy / Opinion
What fiscally sound industrial policy can do
4th May 24, 9:15am
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Cyber security
Technology / Analysis
Can you use a password manager for internet banking?
3rd May 24, 12:00pm
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Juha Saarinen
six percent buried
Personal Finance / Analysis
ANZ shifts rates lower
[updated]
2nd May 24, 7:39pm
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David Chaston
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Data breach doozy across the ditch
3rd May 24, 2:24pm
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Juha Saarinen
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Value of residential consents issued in March down by $491 million year-on-year
3rd May 24, 11:36am
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Barfoot & Thompson's sales and selling prices heading lower as winter approaches
2nd May 24, 10:43am
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March the biggest month for business liquidations in 9 years, Centrix says
30th Apr 24, 2:48pm
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Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, on the East China Sea coast south of Shanghai
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BNZ half-year profit falls 5%
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2nd May 24, 10:18am
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The Co-operative Bank's customers the most satisfied
2nd May 24, 9:29am
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Live: RBNZ press conference
1st May 24, 12:51pm
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Insurance
Insurance contract law reforms ‘long overdue’
2nd May 24, 7:36pm
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Ella Somers
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Insurance retreat a long-term challenge for the financial system
29th Apr 24, 3:56pm
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Ella Somers
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UniMed set to become NZ’s third biggest health insurer
18th Apr 24, 2:18pm
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Ella Somers
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30th Apr 24, 12:31pm
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Currencies
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Stronger yen backdrop provides support for yuan, NZD and AUD
3rd May 24, 7:44am
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2nd May 24, 7:39am
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1st May 24, 7:45am
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Bonds
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2nd May 24, 2:40pm
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Almost half a billion dollars traded via Sharesies in March
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