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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; no retail rate changes, home loan (un)affordability stable, record-high exports, eyes on grocery prices, swaps and NZD on hold, & more
24th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; no retail rate changes, home loan (un)affordability stable, record-high exports, eyes on grocery prices, swaps and NZD on hold, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Foodstuff merger decision delayed again, directors banned, personal loans securitised, thoughts on our foreign loans, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
21st Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Foodstuff merger decision delayed again, directors banned, personal loans securitised, thoughts on our foreign loans, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, no growth, slowing house building, modest NZGB demand, all about RCS, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
20th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, no growth, slowing house building, modest NZGB demand, all about RCS, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; a key TD rate change, dairy prices slip, carbon auction shunned, current account deficit fell, farmers happy yes/no, swaps unchanged, NZD slips
19th Jun 24, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; a key TD rate change, dairy prices slip, carbon auction shunned, current account deficit fell, farmers happy yes/no, swaps unchanged, NZD slips
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; consumer sentiment dives, Mercury planning 30yr bond, tractor sales very low, eyes on RBA, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
18th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; consumer sentiment dives, Mercury planning 30yr bond, tractor sales very low, eyes on RBA, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Kiwibank ends TD special rate, REINZ data shows buyers in command, service sector in dire shape, Laybuy in receivership, swaps and NZD stable, & more
17th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Kiwibank ends TD special rate, REINZ data shows buyers in command, service sector in dire shape, Laybuy in receivership, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; one retail rate change, QV sees values teetering, inflation pressure less, PMI grim, eyes on Laybuy, swaps hold, NZD holds, & more
14th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; one retail rate change, QV sees values teetering, inflation pressure less, PMI grim, eyes on Laybuy, swaps hold, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; rate-change drought extends, retail sales fall, Retirement Commission wants KiwiSaver shakeup, work visas in decline, swaps ease, NZD holds
13th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; rate-change drought extends, retail sales fall, Retirement Commission wants KiwiSaver shakeup, work visas in decline, swaps ease, NZD holds
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; immigration impulse eases sharply, asking prices too, FMA tackles Booster but Booster hits back, tourism recovery weakens, swaps stable NZD firms, & more
12th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; immigration impulse eases sharply, asking prices too, FMA tackles Booster but Booster hits back, tourism recovery weakens, swaps stable NZD firms, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, ComCom's different responses, Tower on the up, residential investors watch cash leak away, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
11th Jun 24, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, ComCom's different responses, Tower on the up, residential investors watch cash leak away, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; total wages up strongly as workforce swells; ANZ card data weak, bird flu risk gets closer, swaps on move, NZD stable, & more
10th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; total wages up strongly as workforce swells; ANZ card data weak, bird flu risk gets closer, swaps on move, NZD stable, & more
NZ's rural lenders acting as 'pseudo-regulators' through their membership of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, Federated Farmers argues. ANZ hits back
8th Jun 24, 9:00am
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NZ's rural lenders acting as 'pseudo-regulators' through their membership of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, Federated Farmers argues. ANZ hits back
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; real economy signals get tougher, butter at ATH, election accusations and bribery resolutions, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
7th Jun 24, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; real economy signals get tougher, butter at ATH, election accusations and bribery resolutions, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; house value growth peters out, construction activity wanes, commodity prices up, huge NZGB demand, swaps stable, NZD firmer, & more
6th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; house value growth peters out, construction activity wanes, commodity prices up, huge NZGB demand, swaps stable, NZD firmer, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; Barfoots positive, dairy prices hold up, tax take 'improves', better trade data, more reinsurance, car sales drag, swaps flat, NZD rises, & more
5th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; Barfoots positive, dairy prices hold up, tax take 'improves', better trade data, more reinsurance, car sales drag, swaps flat, NZD rises, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; winter housing slump, non-performing loans surge, Census investigation, swaps on hold, NZD firm, & more
4th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; winter housing slump, non-performing loans surge, Census investigation, swaps on hold, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; regional banking hubs fail, Rio pays up finally, lending growth limp, savers prioritise TDs, swaps ease back, NZD unchanged, & more
31st May 24, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; regional banking hubs fail, Rio pays up finally, lending growth limp, savers prioritise TDs, swaps ease back, NZD unchanged, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; building consents retreat, farm sales fall, bank deleveraging continues, MTF warns, meat sales to US top those to China; swaps up, NZD holds, & more
30th May 24, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; building consents retreat, farm sales fall, bank deleveraging continues, MTF warns, meat sales to US top those to China; swaps up, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; infrastructure funding catch-up, housing confidence 'complicated', business confidence 'grim', swap rates rise again, NZD eases, & more
29th May 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; infrastructure funding catch-up, housing confidence 'complicated', business confidence 'grim', swap rates rise again, NZD eases, & more
Latest Reserve Bank mortgage figures show while housing investors are not exactly piling back into the market, they are at least starting to sit up and pay attention
28th May 24, 4:07pm
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Latest Reserve Bank mortgage figures show while housing investors are not exactly piling back into the market, they are at least starting to sit up and pay attention
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; new equity release option, FHBs take on more risk, DTI rules activated, hiring momentum slows, KiwiSaver shifts offshore, swap rates mixed, NZD firm, & more
28th May 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; new equity release option, FHBs take on more risk, DTI rules activated, hiring momentum slows, KiwiSaver shifts offshore, swap rates mixed, NZD firm, & more
Reserve Bank says banks will have to comply with the new DTI rules from July 1, while loan to value ratio restriction easing will also be applied from the same date
28th May 24, 10:58am
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Reserve Bank says banks will have to comply with the new DTI rules from July 1, while loan to value ratio restriction easing will also be applied from the same date
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; some rate changes, Co-op Bank profit up, NIMs stay up, and profits hold, China profits soft, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more
27th May 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; some rate changes, Co-op Bank profit up, NIMs stay up, and profits hold, China profits soft, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; new high TD rate, affordability for FHBs improves, consumer sentiment improves slightly, April trade surplus halves, swaps up again, NZD holds, & more
24th May 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; new high TD rate, affordability for FHBs improves, consumer sentiment improves slightly, April trade surplus halves, swaps up again, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; again no retail rate changes, retail sales weak. NZGB tenders successful, alcohol consumption eases, swaps up again, NZD eases, & more
23rd May 24, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; again no retail rate changes, retail sales weak. NZGB tenders successful, alcohol consumption eases, swaps up again, NZD eases, & more