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Economy / News
Economy / News
What happened Monday
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by David Chaston
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; ANZ's OCR response arrives, test rates stable, service sector expands - just, housing values stay in a funk, swaps firm, NZX50 soft, NZD firmish, & more
Personal Finance / Analysis
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Personal Finance / Analysis
ANZ is last major bank to raise its floating rates
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by David Chaston
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Westpac is the first bank to move its floating home loan rates up after the OCR hike, and some of its savings rates too. Kiwibank follows with BNZ, ASB and now ANZ too
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‘There’s still some pretty good monetary stimulus supporting the economy’: RBNZ Assistant Governor talks OCR hike
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by Mandy Te
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RBNZ Assistant Governor Karen Silk says there’s still ‘some pretty good’ monetary stimulus supporting NZ's economy, election not ‘the thing that's front of mind’ when making OCR decisions
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These four NZ banks didn’t change their mortgage test rates after last week's OCR hike
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Despite the first Official Cash Rate increase in three years, ANZ NZ, ASB, BNZ and Kiwibank have left their mortgage serviceability test rates unchanged
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by David Chaston
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Fonterra has cut its farmgate milk payout forecast for the new season by -5%, citing strong global supply and softer demand
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Pauline Hanson
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Winston Peters is no Pauline Hanson
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by Chris Trotter
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Chris Trotter separates the Australian and New Zealand protest vote leaders, noting that Winston Peters simply doesn’t possess the repressed political rage of Pauline Hanson, or the ability to communicate it
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Is NZ ‘at the table or on the menu’?
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by Brian Easton
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Brian Easton says there is a strong case to be made that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is the government agency that has contributed the most to New Zealand’s economic growth
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by David Chaston
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China car exports flood global markets; helium access a new chokepoint; Japan PPI high & rising; eyes on yen; US data languid; freight rates rise again; UST 10yr at 4.56%; gold rises; oil holds on Strait closure; NZ$1 = 57.6 USc; TWI-5 = 61.5
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RBNZ hawkish pivot propels the Kiwi dollar higher
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