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Market holds steady after budget

25 May 12, 8:24am, bnzeconomists
BNZ not expecting NZ Govt Stock issuance to be ramped up given historically low yields

NZD holds after 'zero budget' delivered

25 May 12, 8:15am, bnzeconomists
Simmering European concerns keeps euro weaker against the majors

NZ swap yields fall further

24 May 12, 8:29am, bnzeconomists
Short end of yield curve pricing in 50 bps cut to OCR

NZD/USD trades under 75 cents

24 May 12, 8:22am, bnzeconomists
Hints of further quantitative easing in UK following recent weak economic data

NZ 5-year swap rate back over 3%

23 May 12, 8:53am, bnzeconomists
NZ Bond yields supported by better than expected Fonterra payout

Rise in equities a technical bounce

23 May 12, 8:39am, bnzeconomists
Expect NZ$ movements to be driven by global risk sentiment and eurozone headlines.

Pro-risk currencies outperform

22 May 12, 8:14am, bnzeconomists
Speculative trading rather than fundamentals driving NZ$ higher

Fear index at 6 month highs

21 May 12, 8:49am, bnzeconomists
Lower interest rates combined with risk off trades sends NZ$ lower against US$

NZ govt bond auction successful

18 May 12, 8:44am, bnzeconomists
NZ government's sale of NZ$200 mln of 11 year bonds 2.5 times oversubscribed and yield drops to 3.66% from 3.75% last week

NZ TWI down 4.5% this month

18 May 12, 8:34am, bnzeconomists
NZ$ dropped 7% against US$ since start of May

Market pricing in 30 bps cut to OCR

17 May 12, 8:33am, bnzeconomists
US FOMC confirms Operation Twist will run until fruition at end of June

Flight to safety continues

17 May 12, 8:24am, bnzeconomists
Souring global backdrop and weak NZ fundamentals impacting NZ$

Risk appetite deteriorates

16 May 12, 8:21am, bnzeconomists
NZD suffers from toxic mix of global risk aversion and weakening domestic fundamentals

NZD stumbles southward

15 May 12, 8:17am, bnzeconomists
NZ exporters are positioned for the NZD to keep falling: BNZ survey

US & German bonds in demand

14 May 12, 9:20am, bnzeconomists
NZ 2-year bond yields trading back at their 2011 lows

Dark clouds over Europe again

14 May 12, 9:10am, bnzeconomists
Positive news of Chinese RRR cut overshadowed by European gloom

NZ govt bond sale fails

11 May 12, 8:49am, bnzeconomists
NZ bond yields rise off their lows as government fails to sell NZ$100 mln of 2019 bonds at auction

Uneasy calm settles over market

11 May 12, 8:38am, bnzeconomists
''Frayed market nerves were soothed by murmurs of attempts to stitch together a Greek coalition''

No closer to resolution in Greece

10 May 12, 8:25am, bnzeconomists
Prospect of Greece leaving eurozone openly discussed by officials

NZ$ continues to slide against majors

10 May 12, 8:15am, bnzeconomists
German's threatening to stop financial aid for Greece