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Your argument is that taxation leads to inequality? Mate, taxes lead to a lot of things but just about the...
benwave Little focuses on small business jobs
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steven Markets now see OCR cut in 2015
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seems to be presenting a lesser trading target for market participants to double bluff/game. not clear if...
Henry_Tull What the RBNZ decision means
Ok well done - thoughts on year end levels then ? best calculated guess ?
Grant A Markets now see OCR cut in 2015
GA. Not just 4 years ago but consistently since then - and it has come to pass. 
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What the RBNZ decision means

29 Jan 15, 5:08pm, Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey looks at what the RBNZ's countenancing of a possible rate cut means for mortgage rates and property prices

Luxurious Sebel waterfront apartment sells for half price

29 Jan 15, 4:15pm, Greg Ninness
A leasehold apartment in the luxurious Sebel complex at Viaduct Harbour sells for less than half its 2001 purchase price

What happened today

29 Jan 15, 4:00pm, David Chaston
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; a day of lower everything - less milk, bigger trade deficit, cheaper debt, lower interest rates, a lower currency

Banks get serve for treatment of remitters

29 Jan 15, 4:00pm, Gareth Vaughan
RBNZ says banks must have good reason to deprive money remitters of access to financial services, says 'blanket de-risking' not acceptable

EQC 'ready for another disaster'

29 Jan 15, 2:17pm, Jenée Tibshraeny
EQC at 70, a great asset for NZ or an aggressive muddler? Gerry Brownlee, EQC CEO Ian Simpson and lawyer Andrew Hooker have their say. Your view?

RBNZ 'pouring petrol on housing fire'

29 Jan 15, 12:59pm, Gareth Vaughan
RBNZ 'taking a premature gamble with the housing market,' BNZ's Stephen Toplis argues, saying its own actions encourage the behaviour it doesn't want to see

Wholesale interest rates fall

29 Jan 15, 12:05pm, David Chaston
Markets bid down wholesale interest rate swaps along with the NZD following RBNZ decision; sets up lower fixed home loan rates and lower term deposit rates

BNZ unveils 'Mission Zero'

29 Jan 15, 9:35am, Gareth Vaughan
BNZ offers borrowers incentive to pay off more than the minimum monthly credit card repayment; Aiming to help reduce the amount of money borrowers pay in credit card interest

Oil and gold prices tumble

29 Jan 15, 9:17am, Dan Bell
Investor's remain short on expectation of shift in stance from RBNZ; oil and gold prices hammered, while global equity markets mixed

Markets now see OCR cut in 2015

Updated 29 Jan 15, 9:07am, Bernard Hickey
RBNZ holds OCR at 3.5%; says will hold rate "for some time" and OCR "adjustments up or down" will depend on data; NZ$ drops below 74 USc; Swap rates fall; Markets price in rate cut

90 seconds at 9 am: Yellen's 'patient' message

29 Jan 15, 8:07am, David Chaston
Fed signals rate rises coming; China cuts growth targets, Singapore trims peg; Australia wary of inflation; NZ$1 = 74.6 USc, TWI = 77.5

Pockets of explosions

29 Jan 15, 7:49am, bnzeconomists
Markets and policy makers get the jitters ahead of US Fed announcements. Greek hardball may backfire

Strong Kauri issues

29 Jan 15, 7:44am, bnzeconomists
Strong demand for NZD rate products. Swap markest await signals from RBNZ

Banks reduce advertising spending

28 Jan 15, 4:30pm, Gareth Vaughan
ANZ again leads way in bank ad spend with TSB up to second and a big drop from ASB

What happened Wednesday

Updated 28 Jan 15, 4:00pm, David Chaston
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; social housing focus, Aussie inflation embeds, BNZ takes a different path, eyes on the Fed and RBNZ, NZ swap rates rise

The problem with lifestyle blocks

28 Jan 15, 3:06pm, Guest
Is the 10 acre block 'the worst environmental crime being committed in NZ?' Hamish Hutton explains the issue and offers a solution

Govt to sell up to 2,000 houses

Updated 28 Jan 15, 12:42pm, Bernard Hickey
Key details wider social housing reforms, including selling up to 2,000 state houses in coming year; more social housing subsidies to cost extra NZ$40 mln a year; Housing groups lukewarm

How many govt departments does it take to build a counter?

28 Jan 15, 12:20pm, Greg Ninness
Three government departments and a district council needed to decide how high a reception counter should be

KiwiAssure still on cards for Labour

28 Jan 15, 12:00pm, Jenée Tibshraeny
Andrew Little to re-consider establishing State-owned insurer; Says his feelings towards KiwiAssure aren’t the same as those towards Labour's capital gains tax

Bernard's Top 10

28 Jan 15, 11:56am, Bernard Hickey
Greece set to run out of cash within weeks; China's brilliant GDP base; Why aren't NZ insurance premia falling with global reinsurance rates? ; John Oliver is a shade of grey; Dilbert

28 Jan 15, 10:51am The Weekly Dairy Report 5
28 Jan 15, 10:00am Defining your big dream 1
28 Jan 15, 9:47am Oyster syndicate offers 8.25% return 2
28 Jan 15, 9:45am Little focuses on small business jobs 30
28 Jan 15, 9:26am Heartland lifts annual profit forecast
28 Jan 15, 9:20am USD gives back some gains
28 Jan 15, 8:20am Weak US data hits USD
28 Jan 15, 8:06am Central bank watch
28 Jan 15, 7:25am 90 seconds at 9 am: On the move 13
28 Jan 15, 1:00am Calls for OCR to remain at 3.5% 22
27 Jan 15, 5:11pm Australasian duo trade to fresh cycle lows
27 Jan 15, 4:00pm What happened Tuesday 1
27 Jan 15, 4:00pm NZ banks' growth opportunities
27 Jan 15, 2:46pm Is the NZ$ over-sold at US74c? 4
27 Jan 15, 2:36pm 'A social housing state of the nation' 6
27 Jan 15, 2:28pm Rush of listings for new sharemarket not apparent
27 Jan 15, 2:24pm No expectation of dramatic change from RBNZ 3
27 Jan 15, 12:12pm The Sheep Deer and Cattle Report
27 Jan 15, 10:08am Property investment; Why bother? 18
27 Jan 15, 8:59am Markets position for the Fed
27 Jan 15, 8:13am Watering down?
27 Jan 15, 8:01am A 50% chance of a cut? 2
27 Jan 15, 7:22am 90 seconds at 9 am: Now the Greek creditors turn 46
26 Jan 15, 4:00pm What happened Monday
26 Jan 15, 12:01pm Does foreign ownership threaten patriotism? 102

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