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Westpac increases mortgage and TD rates
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Westpac stays competitive for its two year fixed mortgage rate, but increases for other fixed terms lessen that advantage unless you look at four and five year fixed rates
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by Guest
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Yi Fuxian see the 'lying flat' movement as symptomatic of China's deepening demographic crisis
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by Ella Somers
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Tower Insurance’s CEO hopes to make insurance competitors sweat by drawing in new customers through low-risk policies
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Breakfast briefing: US-Iran tensions at stalemate
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by David Chaston
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US data mixed, distorted by cost jumps; Korea input prices surge; Japanese exports strong; Australian labour markets weaken; freight rates rise; UST 10yr at 4.58%; gold up but oil holds high; NZ$1 = 58.8 USc; TWI-5 = 62.3
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by Anna Whyte
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Social housing rents to increase by $31 a week on average in 2027, accommodation supplement to increase
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The IMF claims governments can protect vulnerable households, keep businesses open, and preserve price signals without straining public finances during the energy price shock
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by Mandy Te
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