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90 seconds at 9 am: Dairy prices stabilise

04 Mar 15, 7:29am, David Chaston
Dairy prices hold; RBA also holds; a flood of China bond demand coming; expensive Danish defense; BofE currency boss fired; UST 10yr yield 2.09%; NZ$1 = 75.7 USc, TWI = 79.3

Health insurers compared

03 Mar 15, 5:11pm, Jenée Tibshraeny
We kick-off comparisons between insurance providers with a look at what's on offer from health insurers

RBA leaves cash rate at 2.25%

03 Mar 15, 4:36pm, Gareth Vaughan
RBA holds rates, says 'further easing may be appropriate over the period ahead'

What happened Tuesday

Updated 03 Mar 15, 4:00pm, David Chaston
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; SUV surge, WMP boosts commodity prices, AKL bubble bigger, waiting for RBA

LendMe eyes peer-to-peer licence

03 Mar 15, 3:58pm, Gareth Vaughan
LendMe eyes rural sector and top up loans for home buyers with peer-to-peer licence from the FMA expected 'shortly.' Commercial property, equipment sectors also in the plans

Harcourts average Auckland price hits $767,254

03 Mar 15, 3:39pm, Greg Ninness
Harcourts chief predicts house prices could rise further, says more needs to be done to create affordable housing

Co-op Bank profit, mortgages grow

03 Mar 15, 3:30pm, Gareth Vaughan
The Co-operative Bank delivers 12% rise in December quarter profit as home loan growth tops system

Central Bank rate decisions draw focus

03 Mar 15, 3:20pm, Ian Dobbs
NZD could experience volatility with RBA announcement; US data supporting economic outlook & USD remains well supported; NZD/EUR trades near historical highs

The Sheep Deer and Cattle Report

03 Mar 15, 2:21pm, Tony Chaston
Good half year for PGGW, but will the full year be affected by the dry?

A 'she'll be right' attitude towards life insurance

03 Mar 15, 12:43pm, Jenée Tibshraeny
Why New Zealanders are bucking the Asian trend by caring more about insuring their belongings than themselves

Average property value surges in Auckland

Updated 03 Mar 15, 12:13pm, Greg Ninness
Average Auckland property values surged 5% in the three months to February, but other centres posted more modest gains QV says

Rising US rates to put pressure on us

03 Mar 15, 10:29am, bnzeconomists
Markets confused over likely RBA signal; will react whatever outcome. Markets see RBNZ needing to react to whatever RBA recides

You can’t grow an economy

03 Mar 15, 10:04am, Guest
The NZ Initiative's Rose Patterson argues the economy and society are built by people, not by governments

Tracking the Baltic Dry Index now fairly pointless

03 Mar 15, 9:42am, David Chaston
Forget the Baltic Dry angst - world trade is growing at healthy rates

Market expecting RBA to cut rates

03 Mar 15, 8:51am, Dan Bell
China's rate cut sets scene for Australia to follow suit; expectations NZD/AUD could go higher; oil price still not found the bottom

Waiting for new signals

03 Mar 15, 8:13am, bnzeconomists
NZD awaits some major data, poised to react. First it is the RBA, then the dairy auction, then US interest rate policy

90 seconds at 9 am: China slips

03 Mar 15, 7:34am, David Chaston
US incomes rise, consumer spending falls; global factories busy, except Australia; China lowers sights; eyes on RBA; UST 10yr up to 2.05%; NZ$1 = 75.1 USc, TWI = 79

Harmonising the Money Machine with P2P

03 Mar 15, 5:01am, Elizabeth Kerr
Elizabeth Kerr openly experiments with peer to peer lending using Harmoney

Key over-rules Authority on MPs' pay

Updated 02 Mar 15, 5:12pm, Bernard Hickey
Cabinet decides to change law for Remuneration Authority to ensure future pay increases for MPs are in line with rest of public sector; Solid Energy in 'delicate' talks with banks

Magnetic milk – the lure of dairy investment down under

02 Mar 15, 4:56pm, Guest
Rabobank warns of intense competition and the risk of oversupply in dairy markets, plus the uncertainty of a new focus by regulators

02 Mar 15, 4:15pm ANZ, ASB have highest ave pay of big banks 1
02 Mar 15, 4:04pm 'Milk' the foreigners 17
02 Mar 15, 4:00pm What happened Monday 1
02 Mar 15, 4:00pm TSB Bank profit smashed
02 Mar 15, 3:17pm Composition of migrant inflows and their economic impact 9
02 Mar 15, 3:05pm Rating the chances of change 1
02 Mar 15, 11:51am Moving into the poor house 8
02 Mar 15, 11:22am Auckland Council bonds 1
02 Mar 15, 10:15am Stuck in a groove
02 Mar 15, 9:36am Technology doesn't do it all
02 Mar 15, 9:24am Big data due this week
02 Mar 15, 8:06am NZD pushes higher
02 Mar 15, 7:46am All eyes on RBA rate decision
02 Mar 15, 7:15am 90 seconds at 9 am: China cuts rates again 22
01 Mar 15, 5:00pm The stakes are high 6
01 Mar 15, 12:37pm Sellers raise their sights 20
01 Mar 15, 7:00am An inbuilt bias 72
28 Feb 15, 11:10am ANZCO's ownership and management evolving, concentrating 1
28 Feb 15, 9:30am 'Tax mega-rich for their Kiwi hideaways' 28
27 Feb 15, 4:22pm Oil price bounce back predicted to be weak 2
27 Feb 15, 4:00pm What happened Friday 2
27 Feb 15, 2:53pm Another Solid Energy bailout? 3
27 Feb 15, 2:38pm $395,000 for a one bedroom unit
27 Feb 15, 2:00pm '1 Auckland mortgage equivalent to 3 in Invercargill' 1
27 Feb 15, 12:24pm Residential building consents up 14.6% 3

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