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Property / Analysis

Property / Analysis

Buyers have upper hand in housing market, so vendors may have to take what they can get

16th May 25, 10:29am

by Greg Ninness

The amount of unsold housing stock on the market is worryingly high heading into winter

Economy / Opinion

Economy / Opinion

A shattered covenant

16th May 25, 8:30am

by David Mahon

David Mahon says China is responding to the US tariff war by focusing on its internal challenges while strengthening new alliances with the economic refugees of the fragmenting global order

Investing / Opinion

Investing / Opinion

After legendary investor Warren Buffett retires, will his investment philosophy live on?

16th May 25, 9:29am

by Guest

As Warren Buffett prepares to retire, Angel Zhong asks if his investing philosophy has a future

Economy / News

Breakfast briefing: Lots of US data releases, few supporting the Trump agenda

16th May 25, 7:21am

by David Chaston

Powell focused on inflation control; US data weaker than expected; Japan machine tool orders rise; EU factories busy; Aussie labour market rises; freight rates rise; UST 10yr at 4.45%; gold up, oil down; NZ$1 = 58.7 USc; TWI-5 = 67.2

Economy / News

Economy / News

Surge in food prices drives annual increase up to 3.7%

15th May 25, 11:24am

by David Hargreaves

Statistics NZ's Selected Price Indexes show as well as a surge in food prices in April, airfares shot up during the school holiday-Easter period

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Currencies / Analysis

Currencies / Analysis

NZ rate spreads to Australia and US narrow

16th May 25, 7:53am

by Jason Wong

In a heavy US data release day, activity and pricing indicators were weak, driving down US rates and supported US equities. The NZD and AUD underperform again

Technology / Analysis

How Google's Gemini AI imagines a young person signing up for social media with age verification

Technology / Analysis

How workable is a social media ban for under 16s?

15th May 25, 8:00am

by Juha Saarinen

A blanket ban on social media use by under 16s is now in the works; technically, it looks complex but doable

Property / News

Property / News

Housing market suffered 'autumn chill' in April, REINZ says

15th May 25, 9:00am

by Greg Ninness

Housing sales and selling prices both edged lower in April, with REINZ saying buyers are being picky

Public Policy / Opinion

Public Policy / Opinion

Absorbing the US brain drain

15th May 25, 2:10pm

by Guest

Sergei Guriev explains what it will take to accommodate scholars and students looking for academic homes outside the America

Business / Opinion

Why premium still wins in China

15th May 25, 9:44am

Mark Tanner

The National Party's Nicola Willis in Parliament

Economy / News

Nicola Willis announces $190 million Social Investment Fund

15th May 25, 11:10am

Dan Brunskill

Property / News

Just over 9% of residential property sales Q1 this year were made at a loss, with 14% of Auckland sales loss making

15th May 25, 12:01am

Greg Ninness

Personal Finance / Analysis

One bank jumps very early with a 25 basis points floating mortgage rate cut

14th May 25, 2:43pm

David Chaston

A star cluster in the constellation Sagittarius seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope

Technology / Analysis

Gravity is evidence the universe is like a computer simulation, researcher says

15th May 25, 9:42am

Guest

Economy / News

What happened Thursday

15th May 25, 3:59pm

David Chaston

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Business / News

Inland Revenue set to bring hammer down on non-payers of Govt-backed Covid business loans

12th May 25, 12:57pm

David Hargreaves

People who haven't repaid Small Business Cashflow loans will start facing substantial default interest from next month

Rural News / News

Dairy farmers wrestle with bobby calves issue

12th May 25, 1:36pm

Eric Frykberg

Dairy industry making steady though sometimes controversial progress at eliminating killings of baby calves

Personal Finance / Analysis

Challenger bank launches new 'special' pair of very low fixed home loan rates

13th May 25, 8:48am

David Chaston

ICBC cuts both its 6 month and 1 year fixed home loan rates, setting them well below everyone else in a way that is sure to grab attention and add a competitive bite to the mortgage market

Personal Finance / Analysis

One bank jumps very early with a 25 basis points floating mortgage rate cut

14th May 25, 2:43pm

David Chaston

The Co-operative Bank announces floating rate cut from its already market-leading low, to under 6%. The change is immediate for new customers, but in two weeks for existing ones

Banking / News

ANZ NZ's housing lending reaches almost three-quarters of total lending and may go higher still

10th May 25, 9:00am

Gareth Vaughan

ANZ NZ CEO Antonia Watson expects housing lending to keep rising as a percentage of total lending, says new group CEO 'really impressed' with NZ business

Personal Finance / Analysis

Mortgage market has its strongest start to year for four years

11th May 25, 6:30am

David Hargreaves

David Hargreaves has a crunch of the first-quarter mortgage figures, which show business is getting busier whether we talk about amounts borrowed or the numbers of mortgages taken out

Property / News