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They would not appreciate my policies one little banknote bit. Inflation target would be zero to .5% which...
Wolly QE 'worth considering', says Bollard
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As you may discerne, Hugh doesn't believe the monetary system is debt based, or that increasing aggregate...
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I would agree with you totally, Hugh, that the cost of building in New Zealand is divorced from all economic...
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Oh no! Not the Chinese!   We need some decent NZers owning it. Decent blokes like that Crafar guy -...
tristanb Chinese bid for Crafar farms accepted
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'You can't control banks' - George Kerr

27 Jan 12, 4:18pm, Gareth Vaughan
Heartland NZ's biggest shareholder wants the bank wannabe to achieve 'explosive returns' over 20 years like Wells Fargo and Westpac did

Treasury anoints float managers

27 Jan 12, 2:59pm, Gareth Vaughan
First NZ Capital, Credit Suisse, Macquarie & Goldman Sachs confirmed as lead managers of Mighty River Power IPO 

QE 'worth considering', says Bollard

27 Jan 12, 2:04pm, Bernard Hickey
RBNZ Governor says quantitative easing or money printing is 'worth considering' when rates are close to 0%, but can be hard to exit and results are unpredictable. Your view?

Take Five for Friday

27 Jan 12, 1:37pm, Amanda Morrall
What's your master plan?; Time is money; Quitting time (hardly!); Making do with less; A tale of two deposits

Default funds deliver steady returns

27 Jan 12, 1:28pm, Amanda Morrall
Latest KiwiSaver performance results put default funds and conservative funds ahead of peers in terms of 4-year results

RBNZ sees NZ$30 bln quake hit; rebuild delay

27 Jan 12, 1:04pm, Bernard Hickey
RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard says bank now estimates Christchurch quake claims at NZ$30 bln and delays rebuild forecasts by "few months" to 2013

Investor Plus funds in govt bonds

27 Jan 12, 12:48pm, Alex Tarrant
Figures show 60% of investments made by rich would-be residents (including Kim Dotcom) under 'Investor Plus' immigration scheme sunk into NZ govt bonds

NZ trade account turns to surplus in December

Updated 27 Jan 12, 11:25am, BusinessDesk
Big positive trade surprise in latest export and import data to December 2011

Chinese bid for Crafar farms accepted

Updated 27 Jan 12, 11:23am, Alex Tarrant
Ministers rubber stamp OIO approval of Shanghai Pengxin's Crafar farms bid; Labour attacks; Fay to pursue legal action; Receiver waits for Pengxin

Greater KiwiSaver fee clarity sought

27 Jan 12, 10:37am, BusinessDesk
Financial Markets Authority seeks compliance with new financial markets conduct law by Jan 1, 2013

Fisher paid NZ$20.9m for Huljich

27 Jan 12, 10:15am, BusinessDesk
Huljich sold KiwiSaver business to Fisher Funds for NZ$20.9 million

Govt deficit 6% worse than forecast

Updated 27 Jan 12, 10:01am, Alex Tarrant
Govt deficit in 5 mths to November 6% worse than PREFU forecast due to lower tax take; 2014/15 surplus "won't be easy," English says

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

27 Jan 12, 8:55am, David Chaston
QEIII coming; risk on; strong US manufacturing; Russia likes Australia

Reaction to OCR review

27 Jan 12, 8:42am, bnzeconomists
Market price in a 20% chance of a 25bps rate cut in the year ahead

Markets take OCR review as a green light to buy the NZD

27 Jan 12, 8:26am, bnzeconomists
NZD-USD to test October’s 0.8245 high before too much longer

US housing hits speed bump

27 Jan 12, 8:15am, BusinessDesk
Disappointing American home sales and better-than-expected orders for US durable goods

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

26 Jan 12, 7:06pm, Bernard Hickey
Deep inside Apple's disturbing dealings with Foxconn; An Irishman builds a house from 1.4 bln euros of shredded currency; A European austerity debt/death spiral; Dilbert

ASB trims most fixed mortgage rates

Updated 26 Jan 12, 5:20pm, Gareth Vaughan
ASB & TSB cut most fixed-term home loan rates after RBNZ's benign OCR announcement; TSB hikes 18-month rate

Govt could tighten foreign farm buying rules

26 Jan 12, 3:56pm, Alex Tarrant
PM Key says govt would consider further tightening of foreign investment rules if it expected a wholesale buy-up of NZ farms

Baby boomers & Gen Y are back seeking credit

26 Jan 12, 2:42pm, BusinessDesk
After two years deleveraging, consumers again spurring consumption with more credit

26 Jan 12, 2:19pm More finance co. chiefs in gun 6
26 Jan 12, 1:15pm Karacaoglu moving to Treasury 7
26 Jan 12, 11:45am Treasury lowers 2014/15 surplus forecast 28
26 Jan 12, 11:14am Take Five for Thursday 5
26 Jan 12, 10:54am Chinese Crafar bid decision nears 23
26 Jan 12, 10:52am Market diversification a risky business
26 Jan 12, 9:06am RBNZ relaxed about inflation; holds OCR 14
26 Jan 12, 8:40am BNZ expects RBA to cut rate early Feb
26 Jan 12, 8:36am Softer rhetoric from Bollard expected
26 Jan 12, 8:27am No reason to be upbeat about the NZ economy
26 Jan 12, 8:20am Fed on long-term pause
26 Jan 12, 8:11am 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ 18
25 Jan 12, 7:32pm PM has no qualms with OIO as Pengxin decision looms 12
25 Jan 12, 5:25pm Key coy on surplus expectation 17
25 Jan 12, 4:24pm "Buy a house, save for retirement" 19
25 Jan 12, 4:03pm ANZ, ASB, the big bank ad spenders
25 Jan 12, 2:28pm Banks help boost TV ad spend
25 Jan 12, 1:55pm Ex-rival to help Ports of Auckland
25 Jan 12, 1:22pm Take Five for Wednesday 1
25 Jan 12, 12:27pm Decision on Crafar sale not coming today 2
25 Jan 12, 12:25pm Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint 56
25 Jan 12, 11:21am Listed companies slow bill payers
25 Jan 12, 11:08am Treasury coy on SOE float winners 3
25 Jan 12, 10:19am Banks to feature in insurance probe
25 Jan 12, 8:54am 90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ 5

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