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What happened Thursday
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; no retail rate changes, good jobs indications, slow immigration, rising Treasury yields, swaps stable, NZD firms, & more
21st Jan 21, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
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Property
Govt to unveil measures to address housing supply at May Budget
Govt to unveil demand-side housing response and 'high-level' decisions around the RMA in February, followed by supply-side measures at the May Budget
21st Jan 21, 4:08pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny
Property
Westpac economists now see no further cuts to official interest rates
Westpac economists expect annual house price inflation will peak at 20% later this year, 'which is not an environment conducive to further OCR cuts'
21st Jan 21, 1:28pm
28
David Hargreaves
News
QE 'likely to continue to play a key role in the monetary policy toolkit for years to come'
British evaluation of central bank quantitative easing says it's now a core part of monetary policy, meaning public trust in and understanding of QE is important 
21st Jan 21, 5:00am
56
Gareth Vaughan
Opinion
Why we need a war on debt
Once the threat of COVID recedes we will need to tackle the enormous debt mountain that's propping up the housing market, Greg Ninness argues
21st Jan 21, 8:45am
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Greg Ninness
News
What happened Thursday

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; no retail rate changes, good jobs indications, slow immigration, rising Treasury yields, swaps stable, NZD firms, & more

21st Jan 21, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
18
Property
Govt to unveil measures to address housing supply at May Budget

Govt to unveil demand-side housing response and 'high-level' decisions around the RMA in February, followed by supply-side measures at the May Budget

21st Jan 21, 4:08pm
by Jenée Tibshraeny
51
Property
Westpac economists now see no further cuts to official interest rates

Westpac economists expect annual house price inflation will peak at 20% later this year, 'which is not an environment conducive to further OCR cuts'

21st Jan 21, 1:28pm
by David Hargreaves
28
News
QE 'likely to continue to play a key role in the monetary policy toolkit for years to come'

British evaluation of central bank quantitative easing says it's now a core part of monetary policy, meaning public trust in and understanding of QE is important 

21st Jan 21, 5:00am
by Gareth Vaughan
56
Opinion
Why we need a war on debt

Once the threat of COVID recedes we will need to tackle the enormous debt mountain that's propping up the housing market, Greg Ninness argues

21st Jan 21, 8:45am
by Greg Ninness
88
Opinion
Opinion
The internet versus democracy
In an era of mounting social and political instability in the United States, internet-enabled connectivity is powerfully amplifying an increasingly polarised national discourse. The resulting vulnerability was brought into painfully sharp focus on January 6
21st Jan 21, 12:28pm
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by Stephen Roach
17
Opinion
Opinion
The inevitability of German stimulus
The transition to new German leadership after 16 years under Chancellor Angela Merkel will not change the country's core political priorities vis-à-vis Europe. Preserving the eurozone will remain paramount, even if it means suspending Germany's traditional opposition to fiscal stimulus and deficits
21st Jan 21, 9:11am
by Guest
Rural News
Rural News
A rural look ahead
Guy Trafford looks ahead with some optimism, backed up by MPI's latest SOPI. However he finds a precarious situation exists for most exports as new and unexpected challenges keep popping up
21st Jan 21, 12:36pm
1
by Guy Trafford
1
Property
Property
Housing market's 'perfect storm' and 'unprecedented' price gains
ANZ economists expect the housing market will cool 'in time', but exactly when is highly uncertain, given that momentum in the market can be slow to moderate
20th Jan 21, 1:26pm
113
by David Hargreaves
113
Property
Greens say house prices need to fall

20th Jan 21, 8:45am
264
Jenée Tibshraeny
Rural News
Fonterra farmers facing the best kind of milk price pressure

20th Jan 21, 3:51pm
4
David Hargreaves
Personal Finance
ANZ matches Westpac with a 2.29% one year fixed 'special'

19th Jan 21, 6:22pm
26
David Chaston
News
Breakfast briefing: Phew! Democracy prevails in the US

21st Jan 21, 7:23am
53
David Chaston
Opinion
Is technology killing off inflation?

20th Jan 21, 11:54am
25
Alison Brook
Opinion
Taking the temperature of the first home buyers

19th Jan 21, 11:36am
91
David Hargreaves
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Property
Greens say house prices need to fall
Greens bite the bullet and call for house prices to fall; Govt announcements on housing expected as soon as Thursday
20th Jan 21, 8:45am
264
Jenée Tibshraeny
Personal Finance
ANZ matches Westpac with a 2.29% one year fixed 'special'
Another big bank has cut a key home loan rate, signaling that a new round of mortgage rate cuts are on their way. The RBNZ's FLP gives them the low cost funds to do this if they apply
19th Jan 21, 6:22pm
26
David Chaston
Property
Demand exceeds supply in housing markets - result is higher prices
[Updated]
2020 capped with a +19% rise in house prices for the year despite a sharp jump in volumes sold. Prices were up $323/day in December in Auckland, according to REINZ data
15th Jan 21, 9:26am
236
David Chaston
Property
Housing market's 'perfect storm' and 'unprecedented' price gains
ANZ economists expect the housing market will cool 'in time', but exactly when is highly uncertain, given that momentum in the market can be slow to moderate
20th Jan 21, 1:26pm
113
David Hargreaves
Business
RBNZ 'to be first in the world to raise interest rates'
Global independent economic researchers Capital Economics see the Reserve Bank as needing to lift interest rates from next year as economic conditions improve beyond expectations
19th Jan 21, 3:48pm
68
David Hargreaves
Business
Risks of deflation are now receding
Economists see the longer term outlook for inflation as more stable, therefore reducing pressure on the Reserve Bank to keep lowering interest rates
18th Jan 21, 2:40pm
23
David Hargreaves
Opinion
Taking the temperature of the first home buyers
David Hargreaves says the ability of first home buyers to keep competing in the viciously competitive housing market will be a key thing to watch this year
19th Jan 21, 11:36am
91
David Hargreaves

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Property
Rural property market ended last year on a high

20th Jan 21, 11:47am
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Demand exceeds supply in housing markets - result is higher prices
[Updated]

15th Jan 21, 9:26am
236
David Chaston
Record level of building consents in some key regions
[Updated]

14th Jan 21, 10:54am
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David Chaston
Business
RBNZ 'to be first in the world to raise interest rates'

19th Jan 21, 3:48pm
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To meet acute challenges, you need a skilled fast-reacting operations team

19th Jan 21, 11:59am
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Guest
Construction drives improved business confidence - NZIER

19th Jan 21, 10:40am
1
Jenée Tibshraeny
Banking
Comparing capital support levels at our banks

12th Jan 21, 2:14pm
12
David Chaston
Reserve Bank updates its data breach situation

11th Jan 21, 6:04pm
1
admin
Reserve Bank responding to illegal breach of data system

10th Jan 21, 3:33pm
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admin
Insurance
Government de-encryption move puts client data at risk

3rd Dec 20, 4:31pm
6
Diana Clement
Several thousand coastal properties expected to be uninsurable in 30 years' time

2nd Dec 20, 7:39am
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Jenée Tibshraeny
Insurers cut deal with EQC over earthquake damage

24th Nov 20, 3:21pm
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David Hargreaves
Personal Finance
Gold outlook in 2021

16th Jan 21, 9:32am
22
Guest
Westpac launches a 2.29% one year fixed home loan rate, cutting -20 bps

11th Jan 21, 8:18am
159
David Chaston
Missing the party

9th Jan 21, 1:24pm
44
David Chaston
Rural
Sector strategy more a refresh than new direction

20th Jan 21, 11:23am
1
Allan Barber
The winding path of COVID-19

18th Jan 21, 10:27am
71
Keith Woodford
The Rural Support Trust resources

16th Jan 21, 10:43am
Angus Kebbell
Currencies
The NZD gains ½c overnight

21st Jan 21, 7:50am
Jason Wong
NZD lags other commodity currencies

20th Jan 21, 7:49am
Nick Smyth
Commodity currencies out of favour

19th Jan 21, 7:45am
Jason Wong
Bonds
NZ Govt Bond tender number 753 results

21st Jan 21, 2:32pm
Suhaimi Mohamad
S&P cuts Tauranga's credit rating

15th Jan 21, 4:55pm
15
admin
NZ Govt Bond tender number 752 results

14th Jan 21, 2:43pm
Suhaimi Mohamad
Kiwisaver
Fund supermarket, InvestNow, makes game-changing expansion into KiwiSaver

13th Oct 20, 9:00am
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Jenée Tibshraeny
KiwiSaver 1st-home buyer withdrawals up 25% in a year, fund switches double

1st Oct 20, 7:06pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny
In praise of KiwiSaver

14th Jul 20, 9:08am
18
Martin Hawes
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