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Personal Finance / Analysis
rates move up
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Rate pressure builds
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by David Chaston
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Following the RBNZ's rate hike and bank pass-throughs to floating rates, attention now turns to pressures on home loan fixed rates where pressures are building too
Property / News
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REINZ figures show national house prices and sales numbers both declined in June
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House prices down, sales numbers down as housing market contracts in June - REINZ
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‘I don’t want it to become a soap opera’: RBNZ chief economist Paul Conway says Monetary Policy Committee members should be held to account for their views
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Electronic card spending took a dive in June, with Westpac expecting retail spending levels to rise ‘only gradually’ in the coming months
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National proposes changes to commercial building consents
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by Mandy Te
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National proposes to designate a specialist Building Consent Authority for large building projects and wants to allow engineers to sign off some building work without needing council inspection
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More is never enough
Personal Finance / Opinion
Why does 'more' never seem to be enough?
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by Lynda Moore
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Lynda Moore says money can buy comfort, convenience and opportunity - and those are wonderful things. But it is unlikely to build the life you want. That comes from a different place
Investing / News
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Investing / News
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by Luron Iosefa
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by Nouriel Roubini
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Nouriel Roubini explains why 1970s-style oil-supply disruptions no longer generate 1970s-style economic and market effects
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RBNZ will respond if inflation pressures from Middle East conflict prove ‘more persistent’
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by Mandy Te
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RBNZ chief economist Paul Conway says inflation expectations and price-setting behaviour are ‘critical’ in determining appropriate monetary policy stance
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QSBO shows ‘fragile recovery’ in business confidence during June quarter
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Ella Somers
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Reliance on housing being sole source of wealth is changing - RBNZ Assistant Governor
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