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Economy / News

17th Sep 25, 3:59pm

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, current account shrinks notably, dairy prices dip marginally, sentiment edges lower, e-Can acts, swaps soft, NZD stable, & more

Personal Finance / Opinion

Personal Finance / Opinion

Mortgage interest rate competition wanes in the most popular fixed terms

17th Sep 25, 2:30pm

by David Chaston

Banks with strong or rising home loan market share have a common trait - they prioritise broker channels. But because that is costly, they can no longer offer lower interest rates to borrowers

Economy / Analysis

Economy / Analysis

The OCR 'experiment' worked, eventually - but do we want a repeat?

17th Sep 25, 10:43am

by David Hargreaves

The economy is likely to start recovering this summer from the Reserve Bank's enforced recession - but are there better ways of controlling inflation in future than pressurising those with mortgages?

Economy / News

Economy / News

Current account deficit shrinks by more than expected

[updated]

17th Sep 25, 11:19am

by David Hargreaves

The deficit between what we earn overseas and what we spend narrows considerably in moves that will please global credit rating agencies

Public Policy / Opinion

Power struggle

17th Sep 25, 9:41am

by Guest

Geoff Bertram looks at why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge

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Banking / Opinion

Banking / Opinion

ANZ lessons should've been learned years ago

17th Sep 25, 10:55am

by Guest

Jeannie Marie Paterson argues the lessons behind ANZ's record A$240m fine should have been learned years ago

Property / Analysis

Property / Analysis

Housing sales trends suggest buyers' market will continue into spring

17th Sep 25, 8:28am

by Greg Ninness

High stock levels and large number of properties being withdrawn from sale suggest buyers remain firmly in control of the housing market

Investing / News

Investing / News

Daily NZX update, Wednesday, September 17, 2025

17th Sep 25, 3:00pm

by Luron Iosefa

Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; NZX50 dips -0.4% as a2 Milk, Hallenstein Glassons, Fletcher, and Oceania lead decliners. Kathmandu, Channel Infrastructure, AirNZ, and Briscoes top the gainers

Economy / News

Breakfast briefing: Signaled rate cuts locked in

17th Sep 25, 7:19am

by David Chaston

Dairy prices hold; US data positive; Binance to escape oversight; Canadian inflation stays in zone; China and EU industrial production rise; UST 10yr at 4.03%; gold firm, oil up; NZ$1 = 59.9 USc; TWI-5 = 66.7

Public Policy / Analysis

Te wiki o te tāke: Special interests tie up tax reforms

17th Sep 25, 8:25am

Terry Baucher

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Personal Finance / News

Full-court press needed to address retirement gender gap

17th Sep 25, 5:00am

Mandy Te

Economy / Opinion

Powell's last chance to protect the Fed

17th Sep 25, 8:24am

Guest

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Economy / News

Inflation could potentially be lower than projected for September quarter, ASB economist says

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16th Sep 25, 11:26am

Mandy Te

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon joins a group photo with the trade delegation and other members of Parliament in Shanghai

Public Policy / News

OECD countries are raising taxes

16th Sep 25, 11:06am

Dan Brunskill

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Property / Analysis

New research suggests the housing shortage may be a myth

13th Sep 25, 9:00am

Guest

Economist Wasay Majid says figures suggesting we have a housing shortage are probably inflated

Banking / News

ANZ Banking Group faces A$240 million fine following 'unconscionable conduct'

15th Sep 25, 12:16pm

Nick Stride

Australia's regulator is asking the Federal Court for the biggest fine in its history after ANZ admits misconduct in Government bond-dealing and consumer deals

Public Policy / News

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Retirement and KiwiSaver: Incentive to save 'close to nil'

15th Sep 25, 10:31am

Mandy Te

There's 'almost no incentive for individuals to have money locked up until they're 65' in NZ, KiwiSaver provider says

Economy / Opinion

The fastest energy leap in history has begun

12th Sep 25, 9:08am

Guest

Peter Newman & Ray Wills say we’ve reached the tipping point with renewable energy set to outcompete fossil fuel more and more

Public Policy / News

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Retirement no longer ‘one-size-fits-all’

13th Sep 25, 9:20am

Mandy Te

While NZ gives a lot of thought to putting money into our retirement income system, we don’t help people when it comes to taking it out, expert panel says

Economy / Analysis

After another swoon in June, our economy looks to get back on track again

14th Sep 25, 6:31am

David Hargreaves

GDP figures out in the coming week will likely show our economy stalled again in the second quarter of the year - but there's already signs of a pick-up kicking in, giving confidence that the worst is behind us

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