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'Housing is not an immigrant problem'
19 Aug 17, 10:48am
Jenée Tibshraeny
27 comments
Massey's Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Spoonley urges immigration service providers to help tell the good news story of migration's place in NZ
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No relief in sight as the Auckland housing bubble continues to deflate
19 Aug 17, 6:02am
Greg Ninness
134 comments
Greg Ninness says the outlook remains soft for the Auckland housing market, regardless of who wins the election
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Calculating untaxed capital gains
19 Aug 17, 6:02am
David Chaston
41 comments
David Chaston probes how much realised capital gain is being made by landlords and by owner-occupiers, and how much windfall flows to them from their tax-free status
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Labour jumps in latest Roy Morgan poll
18 Aug 17, 8:01pm
admin
31 comments
Jacinda Ardern’s ascension to leadership revitalises Labour, up +2% to 32.5%; Turei scandal costs Greens support, down -4.5% to 9%. National slips again
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What happened Friday
18 Aug 17, 3:58pm
Suraj Varma
9 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home Friday; mortgage rate changes; minimum wage; house price inflation; butter prices; NZ education system; Kirkbride trench opens; local rates and NZD lower
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Is Winston leaning towards Labour?
18 Aug 17, 3:20pm
Gareth Vaughan
64 comments
NZ First's Winston Peters eyes minimum wage increase to $20 an hour from $15.75 over three years
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This week's guest Top 10
18 Aug 17, 10:02am
Martien Lubberink
14 comments
Martien Lubberink on lessons learnt 10 years after the GFC, the RBNZ's capital review & peace breaking out between the RBNZ & Kiwibank
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Removing LVR restrictions for 1st home buyers 'would make little difference'
18 Aug 17, 9:26am
Gareth Vaughan
115 comments
BNZ's Tony Alexander says first home buyers are buying fewer homes because house prices are 'too high' and the loans they would need are 'too frighteningly big'
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NZD lower against all majors
18 Aug 17, 8:36am
Dan Bell
The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Friday, August 18, 2017
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Global rates nudge lower
18 Aug 17, 8:19am
Jason Wong
A risk-off tone in the markets saw the UST yield curve shift lower; the NZ swap curve showed a flattening bias, with larger falls at the longer end of the curve; NZGB 2025 bond tender showed only moderate demand
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Multiple factors add up to a risk-off tone
18 Aug 17, 8:11am
Jason Wong
NZD has been rangebound over the past session, sitting close to 0.7300 USD; JPY and CHF best performing currencies, both up around 0.4% against the USD; EUR lower following the release of ECB minutes
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90 seconds at 9 am: Australia to regulate bitcoin
18 Aug 17, 8:02am
Jenée Tibshraeny
9 comments
Australia to up the ante on money laundering regulation; ECB worried about a euro 'overshoot'; US unemployment benefit applications at a low; UST 10yr yield at 2.21%; oil and gold up; NZ$1 = 72.9 US¢, TWI-5 = 75.6
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Labour jumps, Greens below 5%
17 Aug 17, 6:20pm
Alex Tarrant
195 comments
Labour jumps in latest 1 News poll as Ardern matches English for preferred PM; Greens plunge below 5% threshold; National down 3 points; Peters still Kingmaker
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A third of apartments sold at Barfoot auction, 50% at Ray White
17 Aug 17, 5:26pm
Greg Ninness
23 comments
Overall sales clearance rate of 43% at the latest apartment auctions - welcome to the new normal
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What happened Thursday
17 Aug 17, 4:00pm
Suraj Varma
7 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home Thursday; deposit rate changes; producer price index; ANZ Consumer Confidence; concrete production; Australian employment; TPP11; bond issues; local rates lower; NZD stronger
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NZ Govt Bond tender number 612 results
17 Aug 17, 2:11pm
Suraj Varma
NZ Govt Bond Tender #612; weighted average yield accepted drops to 2.70% and coverage ratio is stable at 2.05
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Credit rating agency puts Tower on notice
17 Aug 17, 1:27pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
7 comments
A.M. Best warns Tower's credit rating could be downgraded if it doesn't improve its capital position
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Big bank June quarter earnings get pass mark
17 Aug 17, 12:58pm
Gareth Vaughan
'Solid results' from three of Australasia's big four banks in the June quarter helped by them increasing mortgage interest rates
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Lessons from the GFC
17 Aug 17, 12:52pm
Guest
15 comments
The NZ Initiative's Amy Thomasson says good governance spawns good regulators
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No need to lead when you can buy votes with a house
17 Aug 17, 12:17pm
Geoff Simmons
147 comments
TOP's Geoff Simmons argues National & Labour are out to lunch when it comes to addressing the housing crisis and says TOP has the answers
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17 Aug 17, 8:46am
NZDUSD opens at 0.7317
17 Aug 17, 8:28am
UST yields lower
17 Aug 17, 8:22am
Commodity currencies outperform
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17 Aug 17, 7:54am
'Home ownership turning the corner with govt subsidies'
53
17 Aug 17, 7:53am
90 seconds at 9 am: Trump slammed by Fed official and CEOs
47
17 Aug 17, 6:02am
Bond investors more clued up on returns than risks
9
16 Aug 17, 5:15pm
ANZ drops its 2 year mortgage rate; Westpac follows (almost)
21
16 Aug 17, 4:52pm
Lifestyle blocks following residential property market down
5
16 Aug 17, 4:15pm
If not LVRs - then what?
41
16 Aug 17, 3:59pm
What happened Wednesday
17
16 Aug 17, 2:58pm
The Weekly Dairy Report
16 Aug 17, 11:16am
Insurance's mental health trap
2
16 Aug 17, 10:41am
Fewer farms being sold but prices are up: REINZ
16 Aug 17, 10:23am
'Rather alarming: Net migration is even higher than you thought'
43
16 Aug 17, 10:20am
ANZ NZ June quarter NIM flat, cost of funds up
16 Aug 17, 9:56am
More cows not the answer
10
16 Aug 17, 9:43am
Harcourts' average selling price now lower than 12 months ago
171
16 Aug 17, 8:31am
How to get bang for your buck investing in managed funds
19
16 Aug 17, 8:09am
NZD weakest of G10 currencies
16 Aug 17, 8:02am
Dodge Capital Gains Tax speculation with this simple trick
67
16 Aug 17, 7:54am
NZD underperforms
16 Aug 17, 7:50am
Bond rates rise
16 Aug 17, 7:34am
90 seconds at 9 am: IMF warns on 'dangerous' China debt
32
15 Aug 17, 3:59pm
What happened Tuesday
9
15 Aug 17, 3:50pm
Downside pressure remains on NZDUSD
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Business confidence - Activity outlook

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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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