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Breakfast briefing: China virus fears grow
Dairy prices rise again; Equity markets fall on fears; Taiwan reports rising growth; EU sentiment jumps unexpectedly; BHP coal output stunted by bushfires; UST 10yr yield under 1.78%; oil unchanged and gold lower; NZ$1 = 66.1 USc; TWI-5 = 71.4
22nd Jan 20, 7:22am
by David Chaston
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Personal Finance
Did Treasury & RBNZ differences contribute to comparatively low deposit insurance limit?
Gareth Vaughan looks at how and why the Government decided on a deposit insurance limit of $50k per individual per financial institution, which is well below international norms
22nd Jan 20, 5:00am
4
Gareth Vaughan
Opinion
Revisions to GDP cause headaches for forecasting
Massey's Alison Brook explains why the recent GDP revisions were necessary and the impact they had on forecasting current (and future) growth expectations
21st Jan 20, 5:12pm
2
Guest
Currencies
The NZD/AUD cross has pushed up
US equities shrug off reports of further spread in coronavirus, but rates stay lower. Better European and UK data. Limited moves in currencies; NZD unchanged
22nd Jan 20, 8:09am
Nick Smyth
Bonds
Changing tack to a flat track for interest rates
ANZ economists now see no further cuts at all to the Official Cash Rate this year after only a matter of weeks ago forecasting three further cuts
21st Jan 20, 11:45am
20
David Hargreaves
News
Breakfast briefing: China virus fears grow

Dairy prices rise again; Equity markets fall on fears; Taiwan reports rising growth; EU sentiment jumps unexpectedly; BHP coal output stunted by bushfires; UST 10yr yield under 1.78%; oil unchanged and gold lower; NZ$1 = 66.1 USc; TWI-5 = 71.4

22nd Jan 20, 7:22am
by David Chaston
7
Personal Finance
Did Treasury & RBNZ differences contribute to comparatively low deposit insurance limit?

Gareth Vaughan looks at how and why the Government decided on a deposit insurance limit of $50k per individual per financial institution, which is well below international norms

22nd Jan 20, 5:00am
by Gareth Vaughan
4
Opinion
Revisions to GDP cause headaches for forecasting

Massey's Alison Brook explains why the recent GDP revisions were necessary and the impact they had on forecasting current (and future) growth expectations

21st Jan 20, 5:12pm
by Guest
2
Currencies
The NZD/AUD cross has pushed up

US equities shrug off reports of further spread in coronavirus, but rates stay lower. Better European and UK data. Limited moves in currencies; NZD unchanged

22nd Jan 20, 8:09am
by Nick Smyth
Bonds
Changing tack to a flat track for interest rates

ANZ economists now see no further cuts at all to the Official Cash Rate this year after only a matter of weeks ago forecasting three further cuts

21st Jan 20, 11:45am
by David Hargreaves
20
Personal Finance
Personal Finance
New higher BNZ term deposit offer
BNZ reverses the trend of ever lower term deposit rate offers with a Chinese New Year 'special' that is close to the best offer in the market for any bank
21st Jan 20, 10:46am
10
by David Chaston
10
Property
Property
How high will the housing market fly in 2020?
We should see some solid sales activity over the next few months and look out for some big announcements from KiwiBuild and Kainga Ora, but those expecting another price boom may be disappointed 
21st Jan 20, 8:30am
103
by Greg Ninness
103
News
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Higher petrol prices and housing costs expected to boost inflation
Inflation expected to come close to hitting the Reserve Bank's sweet spot, enabling it to take a breather before possibly cutting interest rates again 
20th Jan 20, 4:55pm
19
by Jenée Tibshraeny
19
Opinion
Opinion
The Quantum of Anger: Will the 2020 election be 'nasty' or 'nice'?
Chris Trotter assesses the mood of the electorate as the 2020 election year gets underway
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by Chris Trotter
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Property
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David Hargreaves
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