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Is there really a housing shortage?

18 Apr 14, 8:00am, Alistair Helm
Alistair Helm looks for a way to better assess the state of the NZ property market and finds it has turned

Contrasting peer-to-peer lending applicants

18 Apr 14, 7:00am, Gareth Vaughan
NZMEA CEO John Walley, entrepreneur Selwyn Pellett apply to FMA for peer-to-peer lending licence; Harmoney, led by ex-Pacific Retail Finance GM, also applying

Dairy NZ says won't be water 'whipping boy' any more

Updated 18 Apr 14, 12:30am, Lynn Grieveson
Dairy NZ says won't tolerate being 'whipping boy' over urban complaints about water quality any more; Fish and Game calls for water inquiry

Data on bank switching may go public

17 Apr 14, 4:20pm, Gareth Vaughan
Payments NZ mulls making data on the volume of customers changing banks public as ING Direct lobbies for UK type switching system in Australia

No credit card monogamy for ANZ or BNZ

17 Apr 14, 4:14pm, Gareth Vaughan
ANZ and BNZ don't plan to follow rivals ASB and Westpac into relationships with just one credit card provider

'Auckland housing doesn't make sense'

17 Apr 14, 3:31pm, Gareth Vaughan
NZIER's Shamubeel Eaqub on Auckland housing market not making sense, danger of housing over supply & 3 things for debate in election year

What happened Thursday

17 Apr 14, 3:30pm, David Chaston
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; job ads lift, welfare rolls shrink, confidence rises, NZGS bond demand strong, swap rates rise

NZ Govt Bond tender number 518 results

17 Apr 14, 2:10pm, Craig Simpson
Latest bond tender of NZ$200 mln received bids for NZ$851 mln with an average weighted yield of 4.40% (previously 4.37%)

Genesis shares an instant hit

Updated 17 Apr 14, 1:18pm, David Hargreaves
Shares in the last of the SOE partial privatisations have the best debut of the lot

Co-op welcomed into scheme

Updated 17 Apr 14, 12:44pm, David Hargreaves
Co-operative Bank becomes 11th lender to sign up to Government's housing scheme; Housing Minister Nick Smith wants more

Selling houses to foreigners 'benefits NZers'

17 Apr 14, 12:02pm, David Hargreaves
Ban on overseas house buyers would make Kiwis worse off, argues ACT Party

Bernard's Top 10 at 10

17 Apr 14, 11:51am, Bernard Hickey
How money really works; Will the world's new middle classes drop back into poverty?; Charting the pigs in the python; Tony Alexander and the carry trade; Jon Stewart; Dilbert

Arguments for regional LVR rules 'don't hold water'

17 Apr 14, 11:01am, David Hargreaves
BNZ’s Tony Alexander says there is 'nothing inequitable' about regional housing markets suffering because of LVR rules

Anthony Healy named new BNZ CEO

17 Apr 14, 10:58am, Gareth Vaughan
Anthony Healy, currently director of BNZ Partners, to succeed Andrew Thorburn as BNZ CEO

Mixed Chinese data sees NZD bounce back

17 Apr 14, 9:59am, Dan Bell
After the USD/NZD traded below 86 cents the NZD bounced back as market believes OCR will rise by 25 basis points next week

Co-op ranked ahead of big five

17 Apr 14, 9:49am, Gareth Vaughan
The Co-operative Bank awarded Canstar gong for most satisfied banking customers

NZD appeal dented

17 Apr 14, 8:39am, bnzeconomists
The extended elevated run by the NZD is undermining RBNZ inflation assumptions, may induce an OCR hike interruption

Rates rally on CPI undershoot

17 Apr 14, 8:27am, bnzeconomists
US Treasury yields rise on positive US economic data; BoC holds rates; EU inflation adjusted lower

90 seconds at 9 am: China growth slowing

17 Apr 14, 7:28am, David Chaston
Fed sees US expanding but housing up less than expected; China growth slows but better than expected; NZ$1 = US$0.863 TWI = 80.1

What happened Wednesday

16 Apr 14, 4:00pm, David Chaston
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; mortgage approvals sag, inflation weak, 90 day bill rates jump, NZD falls, Co-op Bank pushes bonus saver boundary

16 Apr 14, 3:22pm F&P Finance retail deposit funding falls
16 Apr 14, 3:03pm Govt scales back Genesis bids sharply 18
16 Apr 14, 12:45pm Half the overseas-born live in Auckland 3
16 Apr 14, 12:25pm Why NZ's productivity is an OECD laggard 40
16 Apr 14, 11:01am The Sheep Deer and Cattle Report
16 Apr 14, 10:56am Inflation weaker than expected 37
16 Apr 14, 10:34am Chinese developer to build Auckland hotel 21
16 Apr 14, 9:26am Europe down, US up
16 Apr 14, 8:39am Taking control without breaking it
16 Apr 14, 8:11am NZD broadly weaker 1
16 Apr 14, 8:02am NZ swaps constrained by US CPI
16 Apr 14, 7:33am 90 seconds at 9 am: Dairy down another 2.6% 6
15 Apr 14, 8:17pm IPCC redefines agriculture as 'green tech' 1
15 Apr 14, 7:18pm English says planning rules hiked rents 46
15 Apr 14, 6:51pm The worm turns for dairy prices and interest rates
15 Apr 14, 6:11pm The Weekly Dairy report
15 Apr 14, 4:00pm What happened Tuesday
15 Apr 14, 3:56pm ASB's mobile payments 'bridging' service
15 Apr 14, 2:05pm Key open to foreign buyer data inquiry 15
15 Apr 14, 1:44pm Ruataniwha consents granted 42
15 Apr 14, 12:23pm English sees 20% wage growth in 6 yrs 24
15 Apr 14, 10:56am 'All power to the borrowers!' 13
15 Apr 14, 9:21am Westpac completes finger print scanning testing 5
15 Apr 14, 9:10am US March retail better than expected
15 Apr 14, 9:07am The controversial US FATCA goes global

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