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My is our productivity so low?
26 Sep 16, 6:28pm
Guest
New Motu study finds spending on ‘intangibles’ fosters firm growth but doesn’t boost productivity
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What happened Monday
26 Sep 16, 3:58pm
Craig Simpson
1 comment
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday: Workers more confident; blowout trade deficit; 12% of new lending to first home buyers; bank removes sales incentives & soggy start to week for Asian shares
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Housing investors' wings clipped
26 Sep 16, 3:34pm
David Hargreaves
5 comments
New Reserve Bank figures show marked slowing of new lending to housing investors
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Bayleys sells 63% of auction properties in Hawkes Bay, 56% in Auckland
26 Sep 16, 1:51pm
Greg Ninness
Latest auction results from Bayleys: Prices started at $545,000 in Auckland, $295,000 in Hawkes Bay.
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The rush to the exit
26 Sep 16, 12:57pm
Roger J Kerr
Roger J Kerr says it's quite possible the Kiwi dollar will drop to below US70c in coming weeks
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Why no consequences for the RBNZ?
26 Sep 16, 12:40pm
Roger J Kerr
24 comments
Roger J Kerr questions how the Reserve Bank can keep missing its inflation target with no apparent ramifications
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Long term solutions needed for first home buyers
26 Sep 16, 11:26am
David Hargreaves
18 comments
The Government needs to get involved in helping to provide a level playing field for entrants into the housing market
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NZ bonds rally
26 Sep 16, 8:54am
Jason Wong
NZ 10-year bond yield down under 2.4%; swap curve rally not as strong as bonds; US treasuries in consolidation mode
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Kiwi dollar sell-off continues
26 Sep 16, 8:34am
Jason Wong
Strong downward movements in NZD/AUD; NZD decline resulting from RBNZ statement; UK may leave EU sooner than many assume
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90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese property crack-down
26 Sep 16, 8:06am
Jenée Tibshraeny
6 comments
Further restrictions put on property buyers in China; Wall Street awaits first US presidential debate; Credit cards introduced to Iran; US and European PMIs soft; UST 10yr yield at 1.62%; oil down, gold stable, NZ$1 = 72.4 US¢, TWI-5 = 75.5
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Why cargo cult thinking should be avoided in regional development
26 Sep 16, 5:01am
Jason Krupp
2 comments
Jason Krupp argues a back-to-basics approach is more important than fads when it comes to regional economic development
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Bank branches and 20th century thinking
26 Sep 16, 5:01am
Gareth Vaughan
3 comments
Banks are copping flak for shutting branches, but in a cold, hard business sense they could be closing more of them, Gareth Vaughan argues
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Mike Greer calls for Govt-funded house building push
25 Sep 16, 10:26pm
Bernard Hickey
23 comments
Country's biggest house builder says Auckland housing crisis requires major Government investment to fund housing, infrastructure; also calls for Council action and for MUDs to be considered; Housing NZ sees scope for 30,000 new Auckland homes
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Key, Smith challenged on building consent completion rate
25 Sep 16, 9:53pm
Bernard Hickey
1 comment
Labour challenges Key view that "virtually 100%" of building consents turn into actual houses; Twyford cites Statistics NZ estimates of new dwellings being 800 a month or 13% lower than dwelling consents since 2014; Smith insists almost all will be built
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A rough 30 years for the young, with more to come
25 Sep 16, 5:02am
Bernard Hickey
58 comments
Kiwis born since 1985 have largely missed out on the explosive gains in wealth and higher incomes seen since then. Now they are being set up to pay for baby-boomers' retirement without a big enough NZ Super Fund to help them, Bernard Hickey writes
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SOS for China’s SOEs
24 Sep 16, 8:05am
Guest
9 comments
Yao Yang calls for China's SOE's to be sold to the private sector, with its accumulated savings and new investment needs, to help clean up the country's excessive debt
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Anti-money laundering regulators 'don't understand how law firms operate'
24 Sep 16, 6:02am
Gareth Vaughan
1 comment
Auckland District Law Society wants NZ Law Society to supervise lawyers for anti-money laundering compliance, but doesn't want lawyers to pay for it
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Give IRD more funding to use to chase tax avoiders
24 Sep 16, 6:02am
Guest
25 comments
Julie Anne Genter says it's time for some good old fashioned auditing and policing of high net worth individuals' tax behaviour
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How to think about fixing or floating with a falling OCR
23 Sep 16, 7:52pm
Bernard Hickey
17 comments
Bernard Hickey looks at whether to fix or float and how long to fix as the Reserve Bank looks to cut the OCR again later this year and as the banks refuse to pass on lower wholesale rates
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This reatil unit leased to the tank juice chain sold for $655,000, providing a net yield of 5.46%.
Auction results: Commercial property returns leave residential returns in their dust
23 Sep 16, 5:22pm
Greg Ninness
Many commercial properties were more affordable and provided better returns than residential units at Bayleys' latest auction
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23 Sep 16, 4:01pm
What happened Friday
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23 Sep 16, 2:11pm
$811 mln of bids received for $150 mln Govt bond tender
23 Sep 16, 12:58pm
Guest Top 10
15
23 Sep 16, 11:52am
ANZ offers 3.60% eight-month term deposit rate
8
23 Sep 16, 9:01am
Money remitter to transport cash from NZ using 'high speed vessels'
25
23 Sep 16, 8:15am
Further easing required
1
23 Sep 16, 8:08am
NZD drifts lower
23 Sep 16, 7:58am
90 seconds at 9 am: 'Cautious optimism'
5
22 Sep 16, 5:08pm
Only one apartment in eight sold under the hammer as LVR rules bite
20
22 Sep 16, 4:00pm
What happened Thursday
5
22 Sep 16, 12:06pm
'Non-bank lenders not the silver bullet for everything the RBNZ carves out'
5
22 Sep 16, 10:12am
Interchange provides 'enormous value to everyone'
22 Sep 16, 9:11am
RBNZ leaves OCR at 2.0%
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22 Sep 16, 8:54am
Fonterra profit rises 65%
4
22 Sep 16, 7:56am
90 seconds at 9 am: Fed holds but signals hike by year-end
5
22 Sep 16, 7:53am
Fed scales back rate hike expectations
22 Sep 16, 7:40am
Fed warming up for a hike
5
21 Sep 16, 4:00pm
What happened Wednesday
2
21 Sep 16, 1:32pm
Are we about to 'discover' inflation?
15
21 Sep 16, 12:33pm
'The case for retail payments regulation in NZ needs to be investigated'
3
21 Sep 16, 12:01pm
The Weekly Dairy Report
21 Sep 16, 11:38am
Where banks and FinTechs should collaborate
21 Sep 16, 11:22am
Migration numbers heading back up with a record net gain of 69,100 in year to August
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21 Sep 16, 11:02am
Harcourts auction results: Prices started at $187,500 in Christchurch
3
21 Sep 16, 9:08am
Fonterra hikes milk price forecast again
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