Economy / News
Economy / News
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Benchmark yields ease on Fed's inflation fighting commitment; US data soft; Canada PPI high; Singapore exports shine; eyes on Bank of Japan; freight rates hold high; UST 10yr at 4.94%; gold rises, oil holds; NZ$1 = 57.3 USc; TWI-5 = 60.8
Property / Analysis
Property / Analysis
No growth in residential rental income for landlords as the number of newly tenanted properties hits a 10-year high for the time of year as the median rent goes backwards
Public Policy / Opinion
Public Policy / Opinion
Juanita Neville-Te Rito says everyone's fighting over who splits the supermarkets. Nobody's asking who pays for it
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Banking / News
Banking / News
RBNZ Assistant Governor Angus McGregor says the banking environment in NZ is 'changing quickly' as a new RBNZ study explores what banking could look like by 2035
Banking / News
Banking / News
Bank-owned Payments NZ hires PwC to undertake governance review after government calls for better support for new entrants
Currencies / Analysis
Currencies / Analysis
Risk sentiment recovered, with equities reversing the post-FOMC selloff. US yields fell and the curve flattened, helped by an initial dip in oil prices and stronger gilts
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Personal Finance / Analysis
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Despite encouragement from the Reserve Bank, most banks are not incentivising retail deposit growth as they look for ways to deal with margin compression that has become chronic
Currencies / Opinion
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Roger J Kerr sees the US bond market sell-off as a vote of no-confidence in the Trump regime. He also sees Australian monetary policy management in a right pickle, and is disappointed in the mixed messages from the RBNZ
Property / Analysis
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Housing stock for sale, a big overhang of unsold properties and lacklustre sales are weighing on the housing market as it heads into spring
Personal Finance / Analysis
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ASB raises some term deposit rates. We update our review of all Depositor Compensation Scheme-covered term deposit rates to assess how valuable ASB's move is
Public Policy / News
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The Opportunity Party wants to create 'Kiwisaver 2.0', with a 12% tax-free combined employee and employer contribution, and no first home withdrawals
Public Policy / News
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National’s Nicola Willis says if re-elected, the party will look at breaking up Foodstuffs into two competing grocery chains. But Foodstuffs says this would have 'significant implications' for its co-operatives
Other News
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