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Covid-19 update: Parliament dissolution deferred, election date unchanged
[Updated]
Covid-19 update: Parliament dissolution deferred until at least Monday; Aged care facilities put in lockdown; Covid-19 cases travelled to Rotorua 
12th Aug 20, 11:06am
by Jenée Tibshraeny
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News
Auckland to go into L3 lockdown; Rest of NZ L2 as community transmission of Covid found
[Updated]
Four cases of Covid-19 community transmission found in south Auckland; Auckland to go into Level 3 lockdown; Rest of NZ to go into Level 2
11th Aug 20, 9:57pm
294
Jenée Tibshraeny
Banking
ASB annual profit falls for the first time in a decade
[Updated]
ASB's June year profit drops 25% as COVID-19 related loan provisioning ramps up, income falls and expenses rise
12th Aug 20, 10:36am
7
Gareth Vaughan
Property
About 7200 kiwis returned to this country in the second quarter of this year after an extended stay overseas
Early estimates suggest only 35% of returning kiwis will remain in the country long term
12th Aug 20, 11:56am
2
Greg Ninness
Opinion
Top 5 COVID-19 special: End of US era, govts & tourism, probe into oil price crash, banks' bad debts mount & just eat plants
Gareth Vaughan on time up for America, governments touted as tourism's saviour, probe into oil price crash, weak bank earnings & environmental lessons COVID-19 could teach humanity
12th Aug 20, 8:55am
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Gareth Vaughan
News
Covid-19 update: Parliament dissolution deferred, election date unchanged
[Updated]

Covid-19 update: Parliament dissolution deferred until at least Monday; Aged care facilities put in lockdown; Covid-19 cases travelled to Rotorua 

12th Aug 20, 11:06am
by Jenée Tibshraeny
63
News
Auckland to go into L3 lockdown; Rest of NZ L2 as community transmission of Covid found
[Updated]

Four cases of Covid-19 community transmission found in south Auckland; Auckland to go into Level 3 lockdown; Rest of NZ to go into Level 2

11th Aug 20, 9:57pm
by Jenée Tibshraeny
294
Banking
ASB annual profit falls for the first time in a decade
[Updated]

ASB's June year profit drops 25% as COVID-19 related loan provisioning ramps up, income falls and expenses rise

12th Aug 20, 10:36am
by Gareth Vaughan
7
Property
About 7200 kiwis returned to this country in the second quarter of this year after an extended stay overseas

Early estimates suggest only 35% of returning kiwis will remain in the country long term

12th Aug 20, 11:56am
by Greg Ninness
2
Opinion
Top 5 COVID-19 special: End of US era, govts & tourism, probe into oil price crash, banks' bad debts mount & just eat plants

Gareth Vaughan on time up for America, governments touted as tourism's saviour, probe into oil price crash, weak bank earnings & environmental lessons COVID-19 could teach humanity

12th Aug 20, 8:55am
by Gareth Vaughan
16
Personal Finance
Personal Finance
Banks to share information about customer complaints via online dashboard
Banking Ombudsman website to feature dashboard providing detailed information about bank customers' complaints
12th Aug 20, 5:00am
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by Gareth Vaughan
1
News
News
Breakfast briefing: Gold makes big move. NZ to lockdown again
US retail sales recovering; US producer prices rise; warning signs get more urgent; China vehicles sales high; new China lending up; UST 10yr yield at 0.66%; oil soft, gold dives; NZ$1 = 65.9 USc; TWI-5 = 69.2
12th Aug 20, 7:17am
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by David Chaston
124
Currencies
Currencies
NZD in fragile state but moves modest
NZD underperforms modestly after news of COVID-19 community transmission in Auckland. US rates move sharply higher. S&P500 continues to edge towards record highs
12th Aug 20, 8:00am
by Nick Smyth
Rural News
Rural News
The return of the bobby calf problem
The collapse of prices in the leather market is due to reprise a big animal welfare problem for the wider dairy industry, one that should have been addressed a long time ago in Guy Trafford's view
12th Aug 20, 10:26am
8
by Guy Trafford
8
Opinion
The new tenancy rules are here - for better or worse

11th Aug 20, 11:35am
152
David Hargreaves
Property
No winter blues in Barfoot & Thompson's auction rooms

11th Aug 20, 9:35am
34
Greg Ninness
Bonds
Could government prudence weaken the RBNZ's firepower?

11th Aug 20, 5:00am
25
Jenée Tibshraeny
Banking
Heartland still mulling paying a final dividend, with RBNZ's blessing
[Updated]

11th Aug 20, 10:26am
1
Gareth Vaughan
Property
Fletcher Building loses $196 mln

11th Aug 20, 8:59am
33
David Hargreaves
Property
Residential auction activity in July up 71% compared to July last year

10th Aug 20, 3:24pm
36
Greg Ninness
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News
Auckland to go into L3 lockdown; Rest of NZ L2 as community transmission of Covid found
[Updated]
Four cases of Covid-19 community transmission found in south Auckland; Auckland to go into Level 3 lockdown; Rest of NZ to go into Level 2
11th Aug 20, 9:57pm
294
Jenée Tibshraeny
Property
Govt to underwrite development of up to 4000 houses on top of KiwiBuild
[Updated]
Government to underwrite and invest in 'stalled or at-risk' residential property developments amid fears of credit crunch
7th Aug 20, 11:00am
66
Jenée Tibshraeny
News
Business confidence 'teetering' again
Latest preliminary results from ANZ Business Outlook suggest the post-lockdown economic rebound may have run its course 
10th Aug 20, 1:13pm
22
David Hargreaves
Opinion
The new tenancy rules are here - for better or worse
David Hargreaves has not changed his view that the Government got things the wrong way around with its changes to the Residential Tenancies Act
11th Aug 20, 11:35am
152
David Hargreaves
News
What happened Friday
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; both mortgage and TD rate cuts, property development underwrites, US warns on travel to NZ, swaps unchanged, NZD firms, & more
7th Aug 20, 3:59pm
22
David Chaston
News
What happened Wednesday
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; some minor rate trimmings, dairy prices tumble, barely believable jobless rate, more used imports, gold jumps, swaps and NZD hold, & more
5th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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David Chaston
News
Labour would expand existing subsidy for those at risk of long-term unemployment
[Updated]
Labour launches campaign with $311m commitment to expand subsidy paid to businesses that employ people at risk of long-term unemployment
8th Aug 20, 1:53pm
72
Jenée Tibshraeny

Other News

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Property
Net yields around 5% at Bayleys' latest commercial property auction

10th Aug 20, 10:29am
4
Greg Ninness
Green Party launches 'homes for all' policy

9th Aug 20, 2:54pm
62
David Hargreaves
Real estate industry takes hit of up to $179 mln from lost residential commissions in Q2

8th Aug 20, 6:33am
34
Greg Ninness
Business
The Week in Tax: ute taxes, wealth taxes, and jobs taxes

9th Aug 20, 10:25am
71
Terry Baucher
Retail NZ says 13% of retailers set to make employees redundant

6th Aug 20, 1:54pm
5
David Hargreaves
Minister Faafoi not content with interchange fees even after cuts

6th Aug 20, 9:34am
Gareth Vaughan
Banking
'Making the right calls at the right time will require judgment'

11th Aug 20, 9:47am
Gareth Vaughan
ASB to top-up loan provisioning?

5th Aug 20, 9:36am
5
Gareth Vaughan
RBNZ reiterates plans for insurance and NBDT dashboards

4th Aug 20, 10:02am
Gareth Vaughan
Insurance
Robertson keen on ACC-like insurance scheme for people who lose their jobs

4th Aug 20, 3:50pm
40
Jenée Tibshraeny
ACC levies to remain as they are until 2022

6th Jul 20, 3:00pm
2
Jenée Tibshraeny
Alarm bells rung over A$3 billion sale of 200,000 AMP Life policies

24th Jun 20, 5:00am
23
Jenée Tibshraeny
Personal Finance
MBIE keen on consumer data right that could boost open banking push
[Updated]

5th Aug 20, 12:12pm
4
Gareth Vaughan
The credit cards are on the move again...

21st Jul 20, 3:33pm
7
David Hargreaves
HSBC Premier home loan rates plumb to new market lows

20th Jul 20, 10:40am
9
David Chaston
Rural
Are organic practices sustainable in the tough world of winemaking?

9th Aug 20, 9:07am
Angus Kebbell
Building the rural knowledge base

8th Aug 20, 12:35pm
3
Angus Kebbell
Wishful thinking on China's diet goals not hurting NZ red meat exports

7th Aug 20, 10:37am
4
Guy Trafford
Currencies
Eyes on RBNZ's MPS

11th Aug 20, 7:42am
2
Jason Wong
August is never a happy month for the Kiwi dollar

10th Aug 20, 8:45am
3
Roger J Kerr
Risk aversion and trade tensions hold back the NZD

10th Aug 20, 7:48am
Nick Smyth
Bonds
House price expectations improve, but slight fall still seen

6th Aug 20, 3:51pm
43
David Hargreaves
NZ Govt Bond tender number 734 results

6th Aug 20, 2:20pm
Suhaimi Mohamad
NZ Govt Bond tender number 733 results

30th Jul 20, 2:18pm
Suhaimi Mohamad
Kiwisaver
In praise of KiwiSaver

14th Jul 20, 9:08am
17
Martin Hawes
The value - and risks - of decades-long forecasts

20th Jun 20, 9:16am
10
Martin Hawes
The mortgage or for retirement?

23rd May 20, 10:01am
37
Martin Hawes

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