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46: The most important number of the year
24 Jun 17, 7:08am
Alex Tarrant
43 comments
Forty-six: the key polling number for National and its current partners; Forty-three: the key number for Winston; Will the Barclay Affair permanently affect National's buffer? Can campaign chair Joyce come to the rescue? And watch for Hone
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Bayleys gets 61% success rate at latest Auckland auctions
24 Jun 17, 6:02am
Greg Ninness
26 comments
Highest price was $3.211 million at Bayleys' latest residential auctions
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What happened Friday
23 Jun 17, 3:59pm
David Chaston
9 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home Friday; no rate changes, soft dairy prices, strong NZGB tender, new political poll, Canterbury refresh, swaps stable, NZD up
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Burgeoning lending growth continues at SBS, Co-op Bank and TSB
23 Jun 17, 3:42pm
Gareth Vaughan
Total combined assets of SBS Bank, The Co-operative Bank and TSB Bank push past $13 billion as strong residential mortgage lending growth continues
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A quiet week at the Auckland apartment auctions
23 Jun 17, 2:31pm
Greg Ninness
22 comments
Less than a third sold under the hammer at the main Auckland apartment auctions
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Tender for $150 mln 2037's sees $502 mln of bids
23 Jun 17, 2:22pm
Suraj Varma
Tender #607 of NZ$150 mln 2037's saw strong demand with a coverage ratio of 3.3; weighted average yield for accepted bids was 3.28%
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National Party consolidates lead
23 Jun 17, 12:27pm
admin
89 comments
Latest Roy Morgan poll sees National's lead rise following the Budget, with 61% saying NZ 'heading in the right direction'
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'We should be talking about poverty and social mobility, not inequality'
23 Jun 17, 12:06pm
Guest
50 comments
NZIER's Derek Gill argues poverty is the problem in New Zealand, not income inequality, and this limits social mobility
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The retreat of the renminbi
23 Jun 17, 12:02pm
Guest
4 comments
Benn Steil and Emma Smith explore the main causes behind the rapid decline of the Chinese currency's global standing
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This week's guest Top 10
23 Jun 17, 10:02am
Matt Nolan
2 comments
Matt Nolan presents his Top 10 economic principles and capital-labour income shares
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Dairying - climate villain or hero?
23 Jun 17, 8:44am
Guest
10 comments
Fonterra's Jeremy Hill points out that if the world's dairy producers were as emissions-efficient as New Zealand, the global carbon footprint from dairy would be more than halved
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NZD up against all majors except CAD
23 Jun 17, 8:32am
Dan Bell
The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Friday, June 23, 2017
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Low volatility environment continues
23 Jun 17, 8:11am
Jason Wong
NZD up 0.6% since RBNZ's OCR review, now trading at 0.7265 USD; US and local yields remain tightly range bound; CAD the best performer as oil prices find support and data releases exceed expectations
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90 seconds at 9 am: Aussie state targets 'foreigners'
23 Jun 17, 7:34am
David Chaston
28 comments
US jobless claims rise; Mexico raises rates again; China clamps down further on outbound cash; South Australia imposes new targeted taxes; UST 10yr yield 2.15%; oil and gold higher; NZ$1 = 72.6 US¢, TWI-5 = 77.1
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We talk about robots taking our jobs, so could they replace central bankers?
23 Jun 17, 5:02am
Guest
8 comments
Patrick Watson suggests US Federal Reserve boffins should study algebra and looks at the possibilities of algorithmic central banking
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Average cost of building a house up 3.5% in last 12 months
23 Jun 17, 5:02am
Greg Ninness
10 comments
Construction cost increases greatest at the top end of the market, QV says
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What happened Thursday
22 Jun 17, 3:59pm
David Chaston
8 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home Thursday; Harmoney fattens up, another migration record, Public Trust losing guarantee, credit card use up, swaps and NZD unchanged
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A great week for Winston
22 Jun 17, 1:13pm
Alex Tarrant
66 comments
The Barclay Affair and Labour's international student migrant sweat-shops: The week isn't even over and Winston Peters already has maximum points. No one else is even on the winners' podium
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Net migration breaks all previous records with net gain of 72,000 in year to May
22 Jun 17, 11:55am
Greg Ninness
134 comments
Growth in non-New Zealanders moving here is the biggest driver of record migration numbers
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Concerns levy increases will see insurers lose customers
22 Jun 17, 11:26am
Jenée Tibshraeny
8 comments
First NZ Capital suggests a 10% to 20% increase in homeowners' insurance premiums next year will spur them to shop around
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22 Jun 17, 10:14am
Fonterra forecasts 3% rise in milk production for new season
22 Jun 17, 9:35am
Commerce Commission forges ahead with Harmoney fees case
22 Jun 17, 9:03am
RBNZ leaves OCR at 1.75%; NZ$ jumps
32
22 Jun 17, 8:35am
Commodity currencies underperform
22 Jun 17, 8:20am
Quiet day for currency and rates markets
22 Jun 17, 8:04am
All around the houses
21
22 Jun 17, 7:38am
90 seconds at 9 am: Next wave of Chinese investors coming
34
21 Jun 17, 4:04pm
Robo-advice could be round the corner
1
21 Jun 17, 3:59pm
What happened Wednesday
12
21 Jun 17, 2:35pm
The Weekly Dairy Report:
21 Jun 17, 11:42am
Rents have 'declined relentlessly' in Christchurch, says Trade Me Property
46
21 Jun 17, 11:28am
How Labour's housing strategy hinges on foreign speculation
25
21 Jun 17, 10:12am
Is modular the answer?
31
21 Jun 17, 9:35am
Lending criteria tightened at SBS as home & consumer lending rockets higher
21 Jun 17, 8:45am
NZD best performing G10 currency
21 Jun 17, 8:34am
Dairy prices take first fall for three months
1
21 Jun 17, 8:26am
NZD and local rates up
21 Jun 17, 8:08am
The rise of indoor farming and the demand for innovation
21 Jun 17, 7:41am
90 seconds at 9 am: El Niño disappears
34
21 Jun 17, 5:02am
Little confident on regional work visas
59
21 Jun 17, 5:02am
Banks offer svelte new principles based Code of Banking Practice
9
20 Jun 17, 3:59pm
What happened Tuesday
15
20 Jun 17, 3:16pm
NZD awaits RBNZ announcement
20 Jun 17, 2:35pm
The Sheep Deer and Cattle Report
1
20 Jun 17, 2:23pm
Typical Auckland 1st home buyers need more than 7 years to save a deposit
113
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The ANZ monthly business confidence series includes this important component - Activity Outlook. While the Business Confidence series records the results of a question about what responders think about how the economy will perform in the immediate future, this "own activity" question records the responders view on how their own firm will do in the immediate future.

Actually, over time, this series shows that most responders are more positive about their own future, than that of 'everyone else'.

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