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41% sales rate at latest Auckland apartment auctions
21 Jul 17, 10:17am
Greg Ninness
4 comments
Leasehold apartments and one in a leaky building sold particularly well at the latest Auckland apartment auctions
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This week's guest Top 10
21 Jul 17, 10:02am
Guest
2 comments
First Union's Morgan Godfery on the black and blue Greens, raging against the system, getting deep with GoT, winter chills put heat on hospitals, Winston does a Don, a great Kiwi feed and more
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Clarity and finish line emerge in capital reboot for big Aussie banks
21 Jul 17, 9:10am
Gareth Vaughan
'It has been many years since we have seen so many smiling faces on Australian bankers'
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NZD opens above 0.7400 USD mark
21 Jul 17, 9:08am
Dan Bell
The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Friday, July 21, 2017
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USD weakness continues, rates stable
21 Jul 17, 8:31am
Guest
NZD continues to defy any suggestion that the market is overly long, trading at 0.7400 USD; EUR up 3% after ECB meeting; German rate curve steeper, local rate curve flatter
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90 seconds at 9 am: China credit crunch
21 Jul 17, 7:34am
David Chaston
12 comments
Global financial risks 'contained'; China starts massive public housing project; China liquidity stress; China-US trade talks falter; EU house prices rise quickly; UST 10yr yield at 2.26%; oil and gold lower; NZ$1 = 74.1 US¢, TWI-5 = 77
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Home ownership matters (and about those mouldy rentals)
21 Jul 17, 5:02am
Alex Tarrant
98 comments
Home owners vs renters: Life satisfaction, living conditions, health and financial position differences laid bare by Stats NZ survey
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Just how big will changes made in the RBNZ's capital adequacy review be?
21 Jul 17, 5:02am
Gareth Vaughan
1 comment
Gareth Vaughan suggests APRA's 'unquestionably strong' capital benchmark draws a line in the sand for the RBNZ's review of NZ banks' capital adequacy requirements
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'Attitude, not regulation, will do the trick'
20 Jul 17, 4:42pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
12 comments
Paula Bennett sees government guidance and market pressure increasing women's pay; Refuses to oblige companies to disclose their gender pay gaps
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What happened Thursday
20 Jul 17, 3:59pm
David Chaston
11 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home Thursday; no rate changes, why houses cost so much, fewer on benefits, NZGB bond yields rise, retail wages 'rise', swaps and NZD stable
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NZ Govt Bond tender number 609 results
20 Jul 17, 2:30pm
Suraj Varma
NZ Govt Bond Tender #609; weighted average yield rises to 2.82% and coverage ratio falls to 2.0x
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'Land regulations add $530,000 to cost of an Auckland home'
20 Jul 17, 12:22pm
David Hargreaves
106 comments
A Government-commissioned report has found that land use regulations add about 56% to the cost of houses in Auckland; 'prices far outweigh costs in most major NZ cities'
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Housing market downturn shaves $100m off agency commissions
20 Jul 17, 9:46am
Greg Ninness
115 comments
The housing market downturn spread to the whole of the country in the second quarter of this year, with real estate agency commissions $100m lower in Q2 than last year
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Fletcher CEO goes - profit forecast axed
20 Jul 17, 9:13am
David Hargreaves
23 comments
Fletcher Building has announced the immediate departure of chief executive Mark Adamson and says operating earings this year will be around $100 mln less than previously indicated
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USD continues to underperform
20 Jul 17, 8:54am
Dan Bell
1 comment
The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Thursday, July 20, 2017
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NZD consolidates
20 Jul 17, 8:12am
Guest
NZD traded a 30 point range while advancing to the 0.7350 USD level; USD declines on most pairings following on from the implosion of the US health care reform; AUD and CAD make fresh highs; markets are divided on ECB expectations
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90 seconds at 9 am: Skinny CDS spreads
20 Jul 17, 7:46am
David Chaston
12 comments
US housing starts jump; Wall Street at records; China buys dodgy ratings; India's GST reform going well; Aussie banks get tick; UST 10yr yield at 2.27%; oil up, gold unchanged; NZ$1 = 73.6 US¢, TWI-5 = 76.6
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Robertson holds fast on bracket creep
20 Jul 17, 5:02am
Alex Tarrant
28 comments
Labour's Robertson holds fast on opposition to tax threshold changes to account for inflation bracket creep, even if 2016/17 tax take comes in above expectations; Says coalition talks could involve reprioritising spending plans
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What happened Wednesday
19 Jul 17, 3:59pm
David Chaston
19 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home Wednesday; no rate changes, butter makes a comeback, job vacancies grow, low lake levels, wholesale rates fall, NZD stable
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The Weekly Dairy Report
19 Jul 17, 3:08pm
Tony Chaston
2 comments
The Weekly Dairy Report: More calls for peak cow numbers as wet spring conditions look to return from last year
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19 Jul 17, 2:27pm
LGFA Bond tender 48 results
19 Jul 17, 2:19pm
July log market report
19 Jul 17, 1:32pm
'You got this' - Reserve Bank tells financial institutions
1
19 Jul 17, 12:16pm
Dairy beef profitable for beef and dairy
1
19 Jul 17, 12:08pm
FMA details KiwiSaver fees methodology 
4
19 Jul 17, 11:45am
RBNZ eyes major shake-up to what qualifies as bank capital
19 Jul 17, 11:00am
Labour eyes $20bn spending boost through 2022
164
19 Jul 17, 10:22am
APRA announces ‘unquestionably strong’ capital benchmarks
1
19 Jul 17, 8:46am
G10 currencies rise against the USD
19 Jul 17, 8:20am
Weak CPI flow through
19 Jul 17, 8:01am
Significant swings in currency markets
19 Jul 17, 7:39am
90 seconds at 9 am: Butter is back
12
19 Jul 17, 5:02am
Winston Peters calls for an Aussie style bank inquiry in NZ
40
19 Jul 17, 5:02am
Labour to announce spending track
16
18 Jul 17, 3:59pm
What happened Tuesday
12
18 Jul 17, 1:39pm
TOP proposes universal youth income
104
18 Jul 17, 12:47pm
Labour eyes 'Google tax' to tackle multinational tax avoidance
32
18 Jul 17, 12:12pm
NZD falls on inflation data
18 Jul 17, 11:05am
The Sheep, Deer and Cattle Report
2
18 Jul 17, 10:55am
The Judith Collins effect
27
18 Jul 17, 10:29am
Sales achieved on 43% at Barfoot & Thompson's latest auctions
193
18 Jul 17, 10:19am
Who could be caught by the BEAR?
1
18 Jul 17, 8:27am
Tracking lower ?
2
18 Jul 17, 8:08am
NZD trades tight ranges
18 Jul 17, 7:54am
Commodity currencies underperform
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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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