A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rate changes but big wholesale increases, truckometer declines, factory PMI stays positive, wool prices lift, Japanese PPI jumps, swaps jump, NZD lower, & more

Natalia Albert says we're thinking about the public service in the wrong ways, perhaps we need an engineer rather than consultants to figure out its future

Winston Peters says NZ First will ‘substantially reduce non-essential immigration and restore the principle that immigration is a privilege, not a right,’ as Labour says immigration should be planned around what NZ needs

Wholesale interest rates are moving sharply higher, suggesting fixed home loan rates are likely to be pressed higher soon