Kiwibank

16 Oct 18, 10:59am

Stats NZ says prices rose 0.9% in the September quarter, giving an annual inflation rate of 1.9%; economists expected just a 0.7% quarterly rise
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Pumping it up

15 Oct 18, 11:44am

David Hargreaves

23 comments

We face the apparently contradictory situation in which inflation is strongly rising and yet the Reserve Bank will keep the possibility of interest rate cuts on the table
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Will they or won't they?

11 Oct 18, 1:47pm

David Hargreaves

35 comments

There's some expectation the Reserve Bank might loosen mortgage lending restrictions next month - but the 'evidence' either supportive or against such a move is is not definitive
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Another bad survey for the Govt

2 Oct 18, 10:09am

David Hargreaves

54 comments

Latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion shows worst level of business confidence since March 2009
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More mortgage rate cuts

1 Oct 18, 8:55am

David Chaston

11 comments

New Zealand's largest mortgage lender pushes its one year home loan rate offer to a new all-time low, challenging its rivals on price
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The cuts keep coming

1 Oct 18, 5:12am

David Chaston

14 comments

Kiwibank cuts more mortgage rates, tightening up bank offers across the board. It also trims a set of term deposit rates
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Mortgage rate offers drift into a tight bunch

28 Sep 18, 10:52am

David Chaston

5 comments

TSB moves to match rivals with two new fixed rate home loan specials. Bank rate pricing tactics getting assessed as home buying volumes stay in an unexceptional zone
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OCR to remain at 1.75% 'through 2019 and into 2020'

27 Sep 18, 9:08am

Jenée Tibshraeny

94 comments

OCR to be kept at an 'expansionary level for a considerable period', with the RBNZ Governor sticking to his line that the next move could be 'up or down'
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4.19% for two years, fixed

24 Sep 18, 4:13pm

David Chaston

40 comments

State-owned lender Kiwibank takes benchmark two year fixed home loan rate down to a new low by a major bank, opening up a juicy advantage over its main rivals
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RBNZ still flying with the doves

24 Sep 18, 3:29pm

David Hargreaves

5 comments

Despite last week's surprisingly strong GDP figures, economists believe the Reserve Bank will stick to its 'dovish' view that the next move in interest rates could be down when it reviews the Official Cash Rate on Thursday
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Eyes on the RBNZ after GDP figures

18 Sep 18, 10:03am

David Hargreaves

28 comments

Economists note that economic growth slower than the central bank is predicting would see growing speculation of future interest rate cuts - but higher growth figures would curtail such speculation
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Going up and going down, trans-Tasman divergence

18 Sep 18, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

17 comments

Why are NZ banks cutting mortgage rates as Aussie banks hike them, and how long might this last?
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This week's guest Top 10

14 Sep 18, 10:02am

Guest

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Kiwibank's Jeremy Couchman with a guide to emerging market meltdowns from tequila slammers to Moscow mules via a Venezuelan economic crisis
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Fitch predicts lower growth for regional NZ banks

12 Sep 18, 12:15pm

Gareth Vaughan

2 comments

Credit rating agency has stable outlook for regional New Zealand banks despite pressures
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ASB drops 3-year mortgage rate by 40 basis points

7 Sep 18, 10:42am

David Chaston

26 comments

Falling wholesale rates and the start of the Spring real estate selling season sees a major home loan lender cut a longer term fixed rate aggressively
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More term deposit rate cuts

1 Sep 18, 9:32am

David Chaston

6 comments

ANZ follows some of its main rivals lower with -10 to -20 bps cuts to seven specific terms, and a +5 bps rise for one term
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How useful are banks' home loan borrowing calculators?

1 Sep 18, 9:05am

Gareth Vaughan

15 comments

Five banks & five mortgage borrowing calculators, so how much would each lend interest.co.nz's fictional borrowers? Between $320,000 and $866,000, apparently
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Kiwibank to end its 3.99% 'special'

31 Aug 18, 11:17am

David Chaston

20 comments

Kiwibank announces 'last call' for its sub 4% one year home loan offer, signaling a rise to come on Monday
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A chilly Spring for investors?

31 Aug 18, 10:28am

David Chaston

13 comments

Some banks are trimming term deposit rates, others offering attractive 'specials'. But the immediate trend is for lower rate offers, hurt by diving wholesale swap rates
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Jurkovich had no knowledge of shareholders' dispute before taking Kiwibank job

27 Aug 18, 9:53am

Gareth Vaughan

New Kiwibank CEO Steve Jurkovich didn't know bank's shareholders were in CoreMod dispute before taking job, hints at incremental 'episode based' technology upgrade
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