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US not hampered by inflation

21 May 13, 6:08pm, Sam Coxhead
With little in the way of inflation to worry about, there's plenty of room for US Fed to keep stimulating the economy

The Weekly Livestock report

21 May 13, 3:50pm, Tony Chaston
A tough year for livestock reflected in lower tax stock values

House price expectations ease

21 May 13, 3:39pm, David Hargreaves
Reserve Bank household expectations survey shows a net 67.9% of people now expect house prices to rise in the next year, down from record high 74.3%

Budget 2013- Summary of tax collections

21 May 13, 3:13pm, Craig Simpson
Compare this year's Budget with tax collections in the previous four years

Budget 2013- Financing, Transfers, Customs, IRD

21 May 13, 3:12pm, Craig Simpson
Here is expected cost of debt, rebates delivered through the tax system, as provided in Budget 2013

Budget 2013- Summary of all spending plans

21 May 13, 3:12pm, Craig Simpson
Compare this year's Budget with spending in the previous four years

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Updated 21 May 13, 1:28pm, Bernard Hickey
Where are the jobs? It's the economy stupid; Helicopter money for Europe?;  'Don't pull away the punchbowl just yet';  Dilbert

Special housing legislation flawed

21 May 13, 12:01pm, David Hargreaves
The Government's proposed housing accord legislation gives it too much centralised power and could have far-reaching consequences

'Be brave & tackle home ownership tax status'

21 May 13, 11:23am, Dave Grimmond
Dave Grimmond says the Government ought to tax the imputed rent benefit we get from home ownership to help us make better savings decisions

Kiwibank's capital buffers may prove 'too thin'

21 May 13, 9:34am, Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank credit rating affirmed at AA but Fitch cautions on increasing competition & weaker capital position than rivals against backdrop of 'rapidly rising' house prices

US$/JPY drops from 4 ½ year highs

21 May 13, 9:19am, Dan Bell
Japan’s Economy Minister Amari says the JPY excessive strength largely corrected

90 seconds at 9 am: Trade tension

21 May 13, 8:43am, David Chaston
EU tackles China mobile companies, solar panel makers, oil traders; gold and silver recover; NZ$1 = US$0.818 TWI = 77.0

US faces sovereign credit downgrade

21 May 13, 8:21am, bnzeconomists
Moody’s warns the US sovereign credit rating remains vulnerable to downgrade if projected rise in debt levels is not addressed

Brakes put on US$ climb

21 May 13, 8:13am, bnzeconomists
Profit taking on US$ positions and yesterdays PSI data helps send NZ$/US$ cross rate back above 0.8100

Massive offshore trustee service detailed

20 May 13, 5:03pm, Gareth Vaughan
The NZ trustee that estimates it 'conservatively' oversees €5 bln on behalf of the world's wealthiest people & the building society that threatened to sue the RBNZ

A damn good idea

20 May 13, 4:51pm, Bruce Wills
Bruce Wills says the Ruataniwha Dam project will be worth the cost to farmers, drought-proofing the region. The Opuha project proves the benefits. Your view?

Key sees haircuts for Solid Energy's banks

20 May 13, 4:47pm, Bernard Hickey
PM Key downbeat on 'broken' Solid Energy's future after KordaMentha report arrives; says it probably has no equity and he expects banks will have to take haircuts on NZ$389 mln of debt

RBNZ goes with banks' 'preferred' LVR cap approach

20 May 13, 4:18pm, Gareth Vaughan
RBNZ chooses 'speed limits' to contain banks' high LVR loans rather than outright caps on high LVR lending; Says it has no mandate to improve housing affordability

National average market values 2013

20 May 13, 2:55pm, Tony Chaston
Tax market values give farmers a snapshot of capital losses in livestock values for 2013

Amanda's Take Five for Monday

20 May 13, 1:42pm, Amanda Morrall
Pity the Gen Xer; The single most important key to personal finance success; Lessons from a financial crisis; How much are your friends costing you?; 5 ways to save money without trying

20 May 13, 12:24pm Let's get rid of property CVs 20
20 May 13, 12:09pm Precious metals markets edgy 1
20 May 13, 11:36am Curbs on foreign housing investment? 31
20 May 13, 11:02am Off-road light diesel vehicles get RUC exemption
20 May 13, 9:53am Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint 37
20 May 13, 9:34am 40 years on and still flying high
20 May 13, 9:03am NZ$ at 6-month low against US$
20 May 13, 8:51am 90 seconds at 9 am: Americans confident 5
20 May 13, 8:43am Bond yields driven lower
20 May 13, 8:32am Investors have love affair with US$
19 May 13, 10:37am To the NZ media: an F 49
19 May 13, 9:08am Auckland's housing Hail Mary pass 24
18 May 13, 9:09am Auckland's Unitary Plan will make housing less affordable 37
17 May 13, 4:19pm Kiwibank avoids 'peripheral offers', for now
17 May 13, 2:58pm NZ Govt Bond tender number 494 results
17 May 13, 2:12pm Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint 35
17 May 13, 11:51am Down, down - more rate cuts for savers 50
17 May 13, 11:27am 'Let's plonk houses in paddocks' 83
17 May 13, 10:10am NZ$/US$ at 6-month lows
17 May 13, 9:50am Lifestyle block prices still soaring 7
17 May 13, 8:53am Big inflation-indexed bond issuance
17 May 13, 8:48am 90 seconds at 9 am: Downgrades coming ? 4
17 May 13, 8:10am Net $10 bln of bonds to be issued
17 May 13, 8:03am S&P may cut TSB, Co-op, Heartland ratings 21
17 May 13, 7:58am NZ economy in enviable position

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