A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no rate changes, Wellington day off, China in minor easing, investors positive, Kiwis expecting trouble, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
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- Merger partners lend money to loss making Aotearoa Credit Union 16 Jan 19, 1:33pm 4
- New bank capital rules to slow expected OCR hikes a little - Westpac economists 16 Jan 19, 9:23am 11
- Simone Robbers & Christian Hawkesby join RBNZ as assistant governors 14 Jan 19, 3:00pm 9
- All fluff but little substance 8 Jan 19, 6:04am 7
KiwiSaver
- NZ market outlook for 2019 24 Dec 18, 10:13am 1
- Looking ahead 16 Dec 18, 7:46am 3
- "Global growth should be moderately good" 15 Dec 18, 9:46am 1
- Market volatility and risk 15 Dec 18, 10:44am 12
Insurance
- Insurers' air travel warning 12 Dec 18, 1:41pm 6
- The financial sector’s climate imperative 8 Dec 18, 9:30am 10
- First Credit Union steps into credit union insurance void 5 Dec 18, 9:35am
- Orr has spoken. Climate change is real and hitting our back pockets 1 Dec 18, 10:16am 39
Business
- What next for global trade? 19 Jan 19, 8:54am
- Taxing capital income in New Zealand: An international perspective 18 Jan 19, 12:59pm 36
- Transport’s dirty little secret: The truckers breaking the law just to survive 18 Jan 19, 1:26pm 44
- Brexit can't see NZ left worse off - Jacinda Ardern to tell Theresa May 17 Jan 19, 12:45pm 26
Bonds
- NZ Govt Bond tender number 664 results 17 Jan 19, 2:11pm
- Bond markets volatile, currency markets well behaved 9 Jan 19, 8:52am
- The 2018 benchmark yield story 29 Dec 18, 2:02pm 9
- Quarterly economic growth the weakest in 5 years 20 Dec 18, 11:11am 62
Rural
- Where will young farmers be trained? 16 Jan 19, 4:48pm 14
- That was 2018 – now for 2019 15 Jan 19, 5:39pm 2
- Mycoplasma bovis is not yet done and dusted 8 Jan 19, 9:31am 22
- Uncertainty underpins the dairy demand outlook for 2019 28 Dec 18, 9:31am
Personal Finance
- 5+ a day is cheaper 15 Jan 19, 11:15am 5
- Kiwibank raises a key term deposit rate 14 Jan 19, 11:13am 5
- No option but to sign the paperwork 13 Jan 19, 7:02am 47
- The gold market in 2019 12 Jan 19, 9:38am 23
Property
- The tax advantages of residential property relative to other asset classes 20 Jan 19, 8:47am 88
- KiwiBuild not costing us, yet... 19 Jan 19, 9:00am 56
- KiwiBuild boss resigns; No comment from Twyford 18 Jan 19, 1:57pm 46
- December Auckland house sales volumes lowest in a decade 17 Jan 19, 9:26am 154
Currencies
- NZDUSD opens at 0.6751 21 Jan 19, 8:09am
- NZD underperforms, local rates slightly higher 18 Jan 19, 8:10am
- How US monetary policy has tamed China 16 Jan 19, 8:52am 5
- The NZD is heading into a purple patch 12 Jan 19, 8:47am 6