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Westpac follows ANZ lower
Westpac matches ANZ and Bank of China with a one year 2.55% one year fixed 'special', a market-leading rate. Westpac also cuts almost all its term deposit rates
9th Jul 20, 3:03pm
by David Chaston
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Business
Transpower considering bringing forward electricity grid upgrades at cost of up to $600m
Assessing accelerated upgrades to the electricity grid and deferring investment in a shovel ready geothermal power station - the energy sector re-calibrates with NZAS's signaled exit
9th Jul 20, 6:54pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny
News
What happened Thursday
[Updated]
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more rate cuts, better local bounceback data, Govt bond tender popular, China-Australia fight gets uglier, swaps unchanged, NZD firms, & more
9th Jul 20, 3:59pm
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David Chaston
Business
NZAS says there's still a 'small window' to keep smelter open; Govt won't provide lifeline
[Updated]
NZ Aluminium Smelters says lower cost power could prompt it to keep its doors open, but the window of opportunity is closing quickly; Government won't provide subsidy
9th Jul 20, 11:29am
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Jenée Tibshraeny
Bonds
Weighing up the pluses and minuses of minuses
ANZ economists say at some point,the RBNZ might give negative interest rates a go - because they have no other choice, even if it risks being counter-productive
9th Jul 20, 2:51pm
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David Hargreaves
Personal Finance
Westpac follows ANZ lower

Westpac matches ANZ and Bank of China with a one year 2.55% one year fixed 'special', a market-leading rate. Westpac also cuts almost all its term deposit rates

9th Jul 20, 3:03pm
by David Chaston
8
Business
Transpower considering bringing forward electricity grid upgrades at cost of up to $600m

Assessing accelerated upgrades to the electricity grid and deferring investment in a shovel ready geothermal power station - the energy sector re-calibrates with NZAS's signaled exit

9th Jul 20, 6:54pm
by Jenée Tibshraeny
2
News
What happened Thursday
[Updated]

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more rate cuts, better local bounceback data, Govt bond tender popular, China-Australia fight gets uglier, swaps unchanged, NZD firms, & more

9th Jul 20, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
42
Business
NZAS says there's still a 'small window' to keep smelter open; Govt won't provide lifeline
[Updated]

NZ Aluminium Smelters says lower cost power could prompt it to keep its doors open, but the window of opportunity is closing quickly; Government won't provide subsidy

9th Jul 20, 11:29am
by Jenée Tibshraeny
118
Bonds
Weighing up the pluses and minuses of minuses

ANZ economists say at some point,the RBNZ might give negative interest rates a go - because they have no other choice, even if it risks being counter-productive

9th Jul 20, 2:51pm
by David Hargreaves
7
News
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Police weren't always present at managed isolation facilities - now they will be
[Updated]
Security at managed isolation facilities to be beefed up; Processes around what happens if someone escapes to be reviewed 
9th Jul 20, 2:37pm
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by Jenée Tibshraeny
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News
News
Business confidence is bouncing back in surprising fashion
Preliminary July data for the ANZ Business Outlook has shown a much stronger lift in economic activity than economists have been forecasting - inevitably raising questions of whether the improved mood will last  
9th Jul 20, 1:21pm
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by David Hargreaves
15
News
News
National's Todd Muller says paying down debt to 20% of GDP 'is necessary'
National Party Leader Todd Muller pledges a return to surplus and major government debt pay down without raising taxes or cutting benefits
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by Gareth Vaughan
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Opinion
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An own goal to beat most own goals
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by Peter Dunne
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Business
The Warehouse says spending slowdown is coming

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David Hargreaves
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Winston Peters taking medical leave after surgery
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