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The questions now is: How low will the Kiwi stoops?  HGW
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boofta 'Let's plonk houses in paddocks'
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News

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

20 May 13, 9:53am, Bernard Hickey
OECD reckons NZ's GFC was as bad as Greece's; Drums beating for limits on non-resident purchases of NZ homes; NZ's scandalous workplace safety; Dilbert

40 years on and still flying high

20 May 13, 9:34am, Andrew Patterson
Glidepath's Ken Stevens tells Andrew Patterson how his company grew to be a world leader using lean manufacturing featuring technology and innovation

NZ$ at 6-month low against US$

20 May 13, 9:03am, Dan Bell
US$ stronger in response to US consumer sentiment hitting 6-year high; NZ$/US$ cross rate down 2.5% last week

90 seconds at 9 am: Americans confident

20 May 13, 8:51am, David Chaston
Bernanke upbeat; US consumers confident; China's house prices rise; Aussie home loan war; China buying local electricity systems; NZ$1 = US$0.806 TWI = 76.3

Bond yields driven lower

20 May 13, 8:43am, bnzeconomists
Investors pile into longer dated NZ bonds causing flattening bias to yield curve

Investors have love affair with US$

20 May 13, 8:32am, bnzeconomists
NZ$/US$ below 0.8100 for first time this year as tidal wave of NZ$ selling overwhelms local buyers

To the NZ media: an F

19 May 13, 10:37am, Guest
Murray Grimwood serves up his best shots at the media on the way they report 'growth' - does he convince you?

Auckland's housing Hail Mary pass

19 May 13, 9:08am, Bernard Hickey
Bernard Hickey thinks the Auckland Accord's plan to build 39,000 houses in 3 years is not credible without massive changes for builders, financiers and home buyers. Your view?

Auckland's Unitary Plan will make housing less affordable

18 May 13, 9:09am, Guest
By choosing the wrong definition of 'affordability', Auckland Council's Unitary Plan ends up focused on the wrong goals says Dale Smith. You agree?

Kiwibank avoids 'peripheral offers', for now

17 May 13, 4:19pm, Gareth Vaughan
Kiwibank says 'peripheral' gifts given by banks to entice borrowers don't work, but won't rule out joining the give-away party

NZ Govt Bond tender number 494 results

17 May 13, 2:58pm, Craig Simpson
Latest bond tender of NZ$120 mln received bids for NZ$480 mln with 10 year bonds yielding an average of 3.3583%

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

17 May 13, 2:12pm, Bernard Hickey
Canada's housing bubble beginning to leak after high LVR limits imposed; How Canadians avoid those rules; Low interest rates keep zombies alive; Peter Thiel and Bitcoin; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

Down, down - more rate cuts for savers

Updated 17 May 13, 11:51am, David Chaston
The trend of rate reductions for savers now extends to on-call and savings accounts, more banks drop TD and PIE rates

'Let's plonk houses in paddocks'

17 May 13, 11:27am, David Hargreaves
Auckland Council at odds with Government over housing plan; Deputy Mayor says Housing Accord is 'definitely in danger'

NZ$/US$ at 6-month lows

17 May 13, 10:10am, Dan Bell
Market remains more upbeat towards US$ as investors continue to anticipate a ‘tapering’ in US monetary stimulus

Lifestyle block prices still soaring

17 May 13, 9:50am, David Hargreaves
REINZ says national median lifestyle block rose by more than NZ$10,000 in past month to new record high of NZ$518,5000

Big inflation-indexed bond issuance

17 May 13, 8:53am, Guest
Government borrowing program will be $3 bln lower over next the five years: NZDMO

90 seconds at 9 am: Downgrades coming ?

17 May 13, 8:48am, David Chaston
S&P concerned about smaller NZ banks and housing risks; US economy slowing, inflation vanishes; Japan growth shines; NZ$1 = US$0.818 TWI = 76.9

Net $10 bln of bonds to be issued

17 May 13, 8:10am, bnzeconomists
Budget confirms bond issuance for next 12 months; DMO's desire is for inflation-indexed bonds to reach up to 20% of outstanding bonds

S&P may cut TSB, Co-op, Heartland ratings

Updated 17 May 13, 8:03am, Bernard Hickey
S&P warns it may cut credit ratings of TSB Bank, Co-op Bank, Heartland Bank and 5 credit unions by 1 or 2 notches; cites NZ's 'economic vulnerabilities' and risk of housing slump 

17 May 13, 7:58am NZ economy in enviable position
16 May 13, 9:24pm ASB's high LVR lending jumps 3
16 May 13, 5:13pm Govt looks at moving on state house tenants 7
16 May 13, 4:19pm Govt policy doesn't wash 2
16 May 13, 3:44pm IRD to target property investors 54
16 May 13, 3:36pm 'Budget highlights reliance on foreign savings'
16 May 13, 3:07pm Govt may over-ride councils on housing 15
16 May 13, 3:01pm RBNZ gets new tools to combat credit booms 1
16 May 13, 2:04pm Small budget surplus in 2014/15 30
16 May 13, 1:50pm Just add water 56
16 May 13, 11:38am Amanda's Take Five for Thursday 6
16 May 13, 10:42am Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint 12
16 May 13, 9:05am EUR/US$ at 6-week low
16 May 13, 8:44am 90 seconds at 9 am: Sinking data 2
16 May 13, 8:43am Contraction in Eurozone GDP
16 May 13, 8:24am Purse strings loosened in Budget 2013 3
15 May 13, 8:24pm Lowest since 2008
15 May 13, 3:50pm Main parties neck-and-neck 26
15 May 13, 2:23pm LGFA Bond tender number 12 results
15 May 13, 1:22pm Policy is at the root of our housing problems 52
15 May 13, 12:19pm NZ debt among world's safest 5
15 May 13, 12:08pm Kiwibank's new 4.99% offer 2
15 May 13, 12:03pm Big is not always better in KiwiSaver
15 May 13, 11:19am 'Consistently higher' 1
15 May 13, 11:01am 'NZ economy recovering' - CBA

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