Annual inflation hits 4.1% in the June quarter with petrol leading the way

Fee paying overseas students and the children of foreign workers attending NZ schools both showing strong growth

United States confirms new 12.5% tariff on New Zealand imports for 'failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labor'

Another week, more geopolitical risk, and solid moves up for wholesale interest rates. The recent stability of fixed mortgage rates seems ready to give way to a new push higher, despite lackluster housing demand

BNZ chief economist expects floating mortgage rates to hit 7% next year, house prices to remain flat this year, maybe rise 3% next year

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; ASB ups one rate, overseas students back in volume, NZGBs popular at a price, Mercury stakes its AI claim, Rinehart loses on SpaceX, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more

Bede Henderson says the terms of the Government's $60m deal to support Golden Bay Cement read like a Crown that's learned where closure costs land