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Business / News
Air NZ sees annual loss of up to $390m as half-year fuel costs hit $980m
14th May 26, 11:14am
by Anna Whyte
Air New Zealand 'not currently contemplating any capital transactions' despite fuel costs jumping $240m more than it had expected
Property / News
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Property / News
Housing market weakened in April with sales volumes and prices both declining - REINZ
14th May 26, 9:00am
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by Greg Ninness
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House prices and sales volumes both declined in April - Auckland market particularly soft: REINZ April data
Insurance / News
A composite image of soil erosion in the mountains overlayed with a hand holding a model home and stacks of coins.
Insurance / News
NHC receiving more claims for damage from landslides than any other natural hazard
14th May 26, 9:38am
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by Mandy Te
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Natural Hazards Commission received nearly 13,000 claims for damage from landslides in the last five years - 10,000 more than the previous five years
Economy / News
Economy / News
Breakfast briefing: Tighter supplies drive price leap in some core commodities
14th May 26, 7:19am
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by David Chaston
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Trump in Beijing; US PPI leaps; US crude stocks fall sharply again; Warsh now Fed Chairman; OPEC cuts global oil demand forecast; base mineral prices hit new records; UST 10yr at 4.47%; gold and oil hold; NZ$1 = 59.3 USc; TWI-5 = 62.6
Banking / News
Kiwi Group Capital Chair David McLean and Kiwibank chief executive Steve Jurkovich speak at a Finance and Expenditure Select Committee meeting.
Banking / News
Kiwibank to look at 'all the potential options for capital'
14th May 26, 6:00am
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by Mandy Te
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Chairman of Kiwibank's parent company says work on alternative growth scenarios at early stage as politicians weigh in on ownership
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Economy / News
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Economy / News
RBNZ survey shows rise in one and two year inflation expectations
13th May 26, 6:22pm
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by Mandy Te
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Inflation expectations rise in RBNZ survey for the short and medium terms, dip in longer-term expectations
Banking / News
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Banking / News
Aussie budget tipped to hit bank earnings and share prices
14th May 26, 9:18am
by Gareth Vaughan
Australia's federal budget will reduce property investors' borrowing power and lead to slower house price and credit growth, analysts say
Economy / News
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon.
Economy / News
Less new money for operations, more for capital projects
13th May 26, 1:55pm
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by Anna Whyte
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Budget operating package reduced to $2.1 bln, $300 mln smaller than the allowance set in December - Luxon
Banking / News
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Banking / News
The Worldclear files
[updated]
11th May 26, 11:05am
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by Gareth Vaughan
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Inside the tiny New Zealand firm that transferred millions for high-risk clients
Australian dollars
Currencies / Analysis
AUD outperforms with NZD/AUD declining
14th May 26, 7:49am
Stuart Ritson
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Public Policy / Opinion
How consequential will the Trump-Xi summit be?
13th May 26, 1:07pm
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Guest
Westpac HQ exterior
Economy / News
NZ economy ‘knocked off course’, faces another year of sub-par growth - Westpac
13th May 26, 5:00am
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Anna Whyte
Agent with for sale sign
Property / News
More than one-in-10 residential properties sold at a loss in Q1
13th May 26, 12:01am
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Greg Ninness
Canberra Parliament building
Public Policy / News
Tax reform to capital gains, negative gearing and trusts feature in Aussie budget
13th May 26, 9:28am
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Guest
LNG
Public Policy / News
Government pushing on with procurement process for LNG import terminal
12th May 26, 5:06pm
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Mandy Te
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Personal Finance / Opinion
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Are New Zealanders putting too much money into KiwiSaver?
8th May 26, 9:27am
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Joseph Darby questions whether some people are putting too much money in KiwiSaver, noting there's no illiquidity premium in exchange for reduced access to capital
Economy / Opinion
Why is productivity going backwards?
10th May 26, 6:32am
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Keith Woodford
Keith Woodford sees only a few sectors that can improve our poor overall productivity record, and they are rural and potential is limited. He searches for other ways we can get out of our collective funk
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‘Electricity prices are structurally too high’ - OECD says
7th May 26, 1:00pm
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Mandy Te
New Zealand’s economy is recovering gradually but global turbulence, unemployment, 'subdued' net migration and high electricity prices are impacting momentum, an OECD economic survey report says
Public Policy / News
Finance Minister Nicola Willis speaks to reporters.
Government details who critical fuel users would be if oil crisis worsens
[updated]
11th May 26, 3:16pm
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Anna Whyte
Fuel limits: Government outlines who 'critical fuel users' would be in the 'unlikely event' the oil crisis worsens enough to justify a move to phase 4 of its National Fuel Response Plan
Currencies / Analysis
Two RBNZ rate hikes now fully priced by September
13th May 26, 7:59am
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Jason Wong
Risk sentiment weaker; no fresh developments in the Middle East. Oil up. US CPI inflation up in April, which put upside pressure in US Treasury yields. Global forces drive up NZ rates
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Australia – ‘Holding together, just’
9th May 26, 9:15am
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Ross Stitt
Ross Stitt explores why Aussies seem more dissatisfied with life than Kiwis, and yet it is attracting more of us
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What happened Monday
11th May 26, 4:00pm
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David Chaston
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Property
More new homes being consented with build costs remaining relatively flat
12th May 26, 3:58pm
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QV says housing values are 'in a holding pattern'
12th May 26, 8:00am
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Increased auction activity with more homes on offer and sales rate up too
9th May 26, 6:00am
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Business
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12th May 26, 11:09am
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ANZ's Antonia Watson speaks at ANZ Singapore.
Businesses urged to have Plan B ready as global volatility rises
5th May 26, 7:57pm
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FMA chairman Craig Stobo resigns following independent review into his conduct
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4th May 26, 5:45pm
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Mandy Te
Banking
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Government tells Kiwibank to work on ‘alternative growth scenarios’
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12th May 26, 1:52pm
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Mandy Te
Three of the four big NZ banks raise half-year dividends
11th May 26, 9:29am
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Brazil's PIX and India's UPI
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9th May 26, 10:39am
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Insurance
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AIA NZ paid out $790 million in insurance claims in December year
12th May 26, 5:00am
Mandy Te
A composite image of Dunedin overlayed with a drawing of a bank and location pins with dollar signs.
RBNZ wants more focus from banks on insurance cover over a loan’s duration, rather than just at the start
7th May 26, 8:00am
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Mandy Te
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6th May 26, 12:12pm
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A composite image of Wellington in the background overlayed with coins, a piggy bank and a model house.
Residential mortgage lending by finance companies up over 30% since deposit insurance launch
6th May 26, 2:11pm
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Mandy Te
Rural
forestry
Have Gabrielle’s lessons for forestry management been learned?
8th May 26, 2:31pm
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trade deal handshake
Our trade deal with the EU came at a great time and has delivered positive results so far
3rd May 26, 11:09am
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David Chaston
Holding the line: What Europe’s beef market signals for New Zealand
2nd May 26, 9:38am
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Currencies
Two RBNZ rate hikes now fully priced by September
13th May 26, 7:59am
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Jason Wong
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NZD recovers; yuan strengthens to three-year high
12th May 26, 8:11am
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Looking ahead
Will the up and down Kiwi dollar trading pattern keep repeating?
11th May 26, 8:15am
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Bonds
NZ Treasury building
NZ Govt Bond tender number 991 results
7th May 26, 2:40pm
Suhaimi Mohamad
NZ Treasury building
NZ Govt Bond tender number 990 results
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NZ Treasury building
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