Economy / News
Economy / News
27th Mar 26, 7:23am
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OECD sees modest growth but higher inflation; US data mixed; UST auctions bring higher yields; Norway holds but now sees rate rises; global freight rates rise only modestly; UST 10yr at 4.42%; gold falls; oil rises; NZ$1 = 57.7 USc; TWI-5 = 61.6
Property / Analysis
Property / Analysis
27th Mar 26, 9:33am
by Greg Ninness
First home buyers likely accounted for more than a third of property purchases in February but high levels of low equity mortgage lending could foreshadow future problems
Public Policy / News
Public Policy / News
26th Mar 26, 7:15pm
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by Anna Whyte
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Deputy PM David Seymour stresses supply focus ahead of release of fuel plan detail
Currencies / Analysis
Currencies / Analysis
27th Mar 26, 7:47am
by Jason Wong
Risk sentiment weaker, as investors lose hope of resolution to the Iran conflict which continues unabated as Brent crude probes US$109 level. Global equities weaker and global rates higher. Norway's central bank pivots
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Personal Finance / Analysis
Personal Finance / Analysis
26th Mar 26, 12:11pm
Latest Reserve Bank figures show the huge wave of re-fixing of mortgages taking place before Christmas is now well and truly subsiding
Banking / News
Banking / News
27th Mar 26, 9:21am
Macquarie analysts crunch the numbers on the staff cost cutting potential major banks have from AI
Property / News
Property / News
26th Mar 26, 12:55pm
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by Greg Ninness
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ANZ's latest Property Focus report forecasts 2% drop in house prices this year, warns of potential for further increases in mortgage rates
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Personal Finance / Analysis
[updated]
24th Mar 26, 8:22am
ASB is the next major bank to adjust fixed rates and they have been more restrained in their moves than Westpac or ANZ. ASB also reprised a 5% TD rate. Kiwibank follows with their own rate hikes
Property / Analysis
25th Mar 26, 9:23am
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Residential investment property is becoming characterised by increasingly low returns
Economy / News
25th Mar 26, 2:49pm
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Sharply weaker confidence, employment and GDP growth will drive weakness in the housing market, Westpac economists say
Property / News
26th Mar 26, 12:55pm
21
ANZ's latest Property Focus report forecasts 2% drop in house prices this year, warns of potential for further increases in mortgage rates
Economy / News
[updated]
24th Mar 26, 9:13am
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Tightening monetary policy in response to a short-lived disruption would only dampen growth without materially improving near-term inflation outcomes, Anna Breman says
Personal Finance / Analysis
23rd Mar 26, 10:39am
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Apart from the post-pandemic 'normalisation', we seem to be starting an upward phase for fixed home loan rates, one we haven't seen since late 2016
Bonds / News
23rd Mar 26, 11:26am
Reserve Bank pledges to 'support market liquidity and capital market development' as it introduces a Committed Liquidity Facility for deposit takers