A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; ASB adjusts TD rates, grocery prices rise, bank lending to business/rural rises, livestock prices elevated, Hormuz trickle up slightly, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more

We look at the 2026 shifts in fixed home loan rates - all rises - and assess whether the cost drivers justify these increases

Diesel costs declined 18.9% in May but that wasn't enough to offset other price rises in the building industry with some costs increasing by 25% according to QV CostBuilder

Statistics NZ has insights into trends in farmers’ employment, wellbeing, and income. Increasingly, farming is dominated by old men with more than half over 55 years with modest incomes