Economy / News
Economy / News
US data mixed but bond markets remain sceptical; China PMIs expand; French bond risk leaps; Australian inflation rises but building consents fall; global air travel dips; UST 10yr at 5.30%; gold holds and oil falls further; NZ$1 = 56.3 USc; TWI-5 = 60.1
Economy / News
Economy / News
The Reserve Bank will need to raise OCR by more than it assumed, Westpac senior economist Satish Ranchhod says, due to 'ongoing sizable increases' in administered prices
Personal Finance / News
Personal Finance / News
Latest Centrix data shows financial hardship on the rise with personal loan hardship volumes surging
Currencies / Analysis
Currencies / Analysis
US equities gained on resilient activity data and softer core PCE inflation, with the Nasdaq outperforming. The US yield curve steepened as Fed hike expectations eased, while 10- and 30-year US Treasury yields reached fresh highs
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Personal Finance / Analysis
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The spring real estate selling season is here and our largest home loan lender is cutting two key fixed rates. We explain why and the context in a time of rising wholesale rates
Rural News / Opinion
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Keith Woodford says exports and population will interact to determine New Zealand’s future in a resource-constrained environment distant from world markets. There are no easy answers
Currencies / Opinion
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Roger J Kerr says the global bond market mayhem has implications locally for us, and the RBNZ ignores exchange rate depreciation at their peril. Meanwhile, the RBA is set to hike interest rates again
Rural News / Opinion
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Peter Drennan wonders whether protecting the value of the single-desk export system has begun to hold back the next round of innovation in horticulture
Public Policy / News
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What's behind the big gap between New Zealand's OCR and Australia's cash rate?
Personal Finance / Opinion
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I went to a panel on the Super Age to try and get my head around the issue. I left way more confused
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Opportunity announces five non-negotiable policy conditions the party plans to stand by if it makes it into Parliament in November's general election
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