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It will fall back to about A92 cents
31% (78 votes)
It will likely end up about where it is now around A97 cents
19% (48 votes)
It will overtake the Australian dollar and head towards A$1.02 or even higher
18% (45 votes)
It will hit parity A$1.00
16% (40 votes)
It will stop just short of parity at around A99 cents
16% (39 votes)
Total voters: 250

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An inbuilt bias

01 Mar 15, 7:00am, Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey cites new research showing that bank leverage for mortgage lending has increased dramatically since new Basel rules in 1989

ANZCO's ownership and management evolving, concentrating

28 Feb 15, 11:10am, Allan Barber
Allan Barber looks at the recent changes at ANZCO Foods and the new path Itoham Foods is taking them

'Tax mega-rich for their Kiwi hideaways'

28 Feb 15, 9:30am, Gareth Morgan
Gareth Morgan says we should have a Comprehensive Capital Income Tax for everyone and that would mean the global elite using NZ would pay their share. Your view?

Oil price bounce back predicted to be weak

27 Feb 15, 4:22pm, Jenée Tibshraeny
Oil prices expected to remain relatively low over next two years - exploration in NZ slowing right down

What happened Friday

27 Feb 15, 4:00pm, David Chaston
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; approaching parity, lame consent levels, strong confidence levels, more water storage, rising swap rates

Solid Energy defers half-year results

Updated 27 Feb 15, 2:53pm, Gareth Vaughan
Solid Energy sees coal prices lower for longer with 'diminishing ability to repay or refinance debt .' TSB writes off its full $53.9m exposure

$395,000 for a one bedroom unit

27 Feb 15, 2:38pm, Greg Ninness
A one bedroom unit with a carport fetched $395,000 while a St Mary's Bay house went for $4.275 million - see the full results of Bayleys latest auctions

'1 Auckland mortgage equivalent to 3 in Invercargill'

27 Feb 15, 2:00pm, Gareth Vaughan
SBS striving to offer greater value to its members as profit, home loan book grow strongly in December quarter

Residential building consents up 14.6%

27 Feb 15, 12:24pm, Greg Ninness
New dwelling consents were up 14.6% in the January year but there are fears the growth in activity may have stalled

Friday's guest Top 10

27 Feb 15, 11:02am, David Whitburn
David Whitburn on NIMBYs, Brian Gaynor's house price fears, Demographia & toilet paper, what's different about Auckland, Dilbert & more

Moody's affirms Kiwibank rating

27 Feb 15, 9:39am, Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank Aa3 credit rating with stable outlook affirmed by Moody's 

Local data keeps NZD elevated

27 Feb 15, 9:13am, Dan Bell
Fonterra confirming current payout and NZ Trade Balance beating expectations helps NZD rally; US CPI falls in January; oil price slumps yet again, down 4.4%

NZD gets a boost

27 Feb 15, 8:13am, bnzeconomists
Core US inflation higher than expected, as were US durable goods orders. Both will impress the Fed. NZ data positive too

Striking drop at NZ long end

27 Feb 15, 8:07am, bnzeconomists
Aussie capex weakness and chunky long-end flow drives narrowing of NZ-AU spreads markedly

90 seconds at 9 am: Another NZD run-up?

27 Feb 15, 7:29am, David Chaston
Equities hit record highs; US prices fall, durable goods orders rise; EU exempts France; wholesale rates fall; oil and gold stable; NZ$1 = 75.4 USc, TWI = 78.5

Super Fund to refine policy after Oak loss

26 Feb 15, 8:44pm, Lynn Grieveson
NZ Super Fund Guardians have reviewed Oak Finance loss; 'refinements' around process possible; Loss may not have happened if NZ Super Fund name was used

NZ's trade balance creeps into surplus

26 Feb 15, 4:42pm, Jenée Tibshraeny
Cheap oil imports outweigh the impact on NZ's trade balance of cheaper dairy exports

Luigi Wewege's Irish problem

26 Feb 15, 4:18pm, Gareth Vaughan
NZ links to Irish sub-prime stoush highlight the potential for an undesirable form of regulatory arbitrage around our anti-money laundering law; MBIE to make enquiries

What happened Thursday

26 Feb 15, 4:00pm, David Chaston
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Govt to ramp up Tamaki re-development

Updated 26 Feb 15, 1:10pm, Bernard Hickey
English says Govt working on plans to fund acceleration of redevelopment of Tamaki to build 5,000 new houses over a decade

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26 Feb 15, 8:42am Very good returns for less risk a real option
26 Feb 15, 8:41am NZD following the pack
26 Feb 15, 8:02am Harmoney eyes mortgage market 3
26 Feb 15, 7:13am 90 seconds at 9 am: Hong Kong cuts taxes 4
26 Feb 15, 5:00am Australia toughening foreign investor rules 9
26 Feb 15, 5:00am Loss of hope 35
25 Feb 15, 4:18pm Wheeler attacks Auckland NIMBYs 65
25 Feb 15, 4:09pm Solid returns for reduced risk, and some stars
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25 Feb 15, 12:19pm Bernard's Top 10 28
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25 Feb 15, 8:49am AON funds top Moderate table, ANZ close behind
25 Feb 15, 8:40am Central bank bosses make their case
25 Feb 15, 8:18am Overnight moves will exert downward pressure on NZ curve
25 Feb 15, 8:00am Closing the gender gap in financial literacy 2
25 Feb 15, 7:23am 90 seconds at 9 am: Yellen comments raise USD 4

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