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Economy / News

23rd Feb 26, 4:00pm

A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Kiwibank raises floating rates, retail firms, dodgy loans, F&P Healthcare soars, Landcorp improves, swaps firmer, NZD up, bitcoin down & more

Public Policy / News

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at the 2023 Labour Congress in Wellington

Public Policy / News

Hipkins unveils election focus, rejecting government's LNG plan & wouldn't toll existing bridge

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23rd Feb 26, 1:14pm

by Anna Whyte

Labour’s Chris Hipkins rejects LNG plan, rules out tolling current Auckland harbour crossing in State of the Nation address

Business / News

Business / News

Retail trade volumes rise 0.9% in December quarter in good sign for forthcoming GDP figures

23rd Feb 26, 11:26am

by David Hargreaves

Stats NZ reports that spending on discretionary items helped drive the $239 million seasonally-adjusted rise in sales volumes in the December quarter

Personal Finance / News

Kiwibank raises its floating mortgage rate

23rd Feb 26, 10:31am

by David Chaston

The out-of-cycle hike of its floating home loan rates by Kiwibank comes in response to two pressures; its low earnings, and that the Co-op Bank has taken its mantle for this type of mortgage rate

Economy / News

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Economy / News

RBNZ’s Paul Conway on why he believes inflation will drop to 2%

23rd Feb 26, 9:33am

by Mandy Te

RBNZ chief economist Paul Conway says it’s not optimism to think inflation will fall to 2%, it’s New Zealand’s economic fundamentals

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The radical solution

23rd Feb 26, 8:20am

by Chris Trotter

Radical statism built New Zealand, and only radical statism can restore it, Chris Trotter argues

Public Policy / News

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Public Policy / News

Government to buy up to $200 million of new Genesis shares

23rd Feb 26, 10:23am

by Mandy Te

Government confirms it will buy up to $200 million of new Genesis Energy shares, purchase makes sure the Crown retains 51% of energy gentailer

Personal Finance / Analysis

Westpac actions u-turn on longer mortgage rates ahead of rivals

[updated]

20th Feb 26, 4:31pm

by David Chaston

As financial markets reset after a more dovish than anticipated Reserve Bank monetary policy review, Westpac is cutting three longer term home loan rates

Economy / News

Breakfast briefing: US growth slows to decade low

23rd Feb 26, 7:19am

by David Chaston

China returns after CNY holiday to IMF critique; Japan & India rise; Malaysia exports swell; US tariff decision; US data tame & US growth slows; UST 10yr at 4.09%; gold rises, oil up again; NZ$1 = 59.7 USc; TWI-5 = 63.3

Economy / Opinion

Prove you are smarter than a monkey!

23rd Feb 26, 8:00am

David Chaston

Economy / Opinion

New Zealand First's economics

23rd Feb 26, 9:02am

Brian Easton

Property / Analysis

Substantial improvement in housing affordability for first home buyers as prices slide

22nd Feb 26, 6:00am

Greg Ninness

Currencies / Opinion

The risk is that the RBNZ have misread NZ inflation

23rd Feb 26, 8:44am

Roger J Kerr

Public Policy / Opinion

China’s agricultural revolution

21st Feb 26, 9:53am

David Mahon

Property / News

More properties on offer but sales rate slumps at the latest auctions

21st Feb 26, 6:00am

Greg Ninness

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IRD hasn’t changed the law, it’s changed how long it waits

17th Feb 26, 4:19pm

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Dave Ananth reports that as the IRD systems prioritise tax debt enforcement, even reasonable proposals to them to sort out an issue become harder to get accepted. You must have a credible plan to avoid compounding costs

Personal Finance / Analysis

Westpac actions u-turn on longer mortgage rates ahead of rivals

[updated]

20th Feb 26, 4:31pm

David Chaston

As financial markets reset after a more dovish than anticipated Reserve Bank monetary policy review, Westpac is cutting three longer term home loan rates

Public Policy / News

Cash in circulation has been rising. Why?

17th Feb 26, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

Would New Zealand becoming a cashless society help combat 'the number one threat to national security?'

Economy / News

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Dovish RBNZ holds OCR and says 'monetary policy is likely to remain accommodative for some time'

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18th Feb 26, 2:18pm

David Hargreaves

Reserve Bank holds the Official Cash Rate at 2.25% and is not forecasting a rise until either late this year or early next

Public Policy / News

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Superannuation: Changing the retirement age won’t fix the problem - panel

17th Feb 26, 12:28pm

Mandy Te

Changing the NZ Super age won’t fix the country's retirement system problems on its own, panel says at New Zealand Economics Forum, as Labour leader raises concern about ‘arbitrary raise’ in retirement age

Economy / News

Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman speaks to reporters at the February Monetary Policy Statement media conference.

RBNZ not planning OCR hikes until it sees more inflation & stronger economy, sees flat house prices

18th Feb 26, 7:23pm

Mandy Te

Governor Anna Breman says Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee isn’t planning on hiking the Official Cash Rate ‘until we see more inflationary pressures and a stronger economy’

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