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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; economic 'growth' turns negative, farms sell at a very slow pace, residential investment falls away, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more
18th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; economic 'growth' turns negative, farms sell at a very slow pace, residential investment falls away, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; many TD cuts, dairy prices hold, smaller current account deficit, debt load rises, job levels held, swaps firm, NZD lower, & more
17th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; many TD cuts, dairy prices hold, smaller current account deficit, debt load rises, job levels held, swaps firm, NZD lower, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; another rate cut, record NZGB issue, consumer sentiment lower, UK visitors bring coronavirus in, swaps unchanged, NZD up, & more
16th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; another rate cut, record NZGB issue, consumer sentiment lower, UK visitors bring coronavirus in, swaps unchanged, NZD up, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; more rate cuts, REINZ reports, migration and overseas tourism stops, huge new Govt bond issue, swaps unchanged, NZD holds, & more
15th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; more rate cuts, REINZ reports, migration and overseas tourism stops, huge new Govt bond issue, swaps unchanged, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate cuts, factory jobs very weak, tax tidbits, rent spikes, swap rates flatten, NZD falls then holds, & more
12th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate cuts, factory jobs very weak, tax tidbits, rent spikes, swap rates flatten, NZD falls then holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; Kiwibank shakes up floating rates, wage subsidy lifeline, brace for job losses, new debt milestones, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
11th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; Kiwibank shakes up floating rates, wage subsidy lifeline, brace for job losses, new debt milestones, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; few rate changes, giant Crown deficit, higher electricity bills for many, GHGs reduced, swaps slip, NZD slips, & more
10th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; few rate changes, giant Crown deficit, higher electricity bills for many, GHGs reduced, swaps slip, NZD slips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; more TD rate reductions, business sentiment low but up, truckometer metric improving, swaps flat, NZD firm, & more
9th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; more TD rate reductions, business sentiment low but up, truckometer metric improving, swaps flat, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; out the other side, commercial construction weakens, car insurance refunds, long term rates still rising, swaps unchanged, NZD firm, & more
8th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; out the other side, commercial construction weakens, car insurance refunds, long term rates still rising, swaps unchanged, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; wage subsidy extended, ANZ apology, PwC challenged, debt servicing easier, household net wealth falls, swaps stable, NZD up, & more
5th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; wage subsidy extended, ANZ apology, PwC challenged, debt servicing easier, household net wealth falls, swaps stable, NZD up, & more
ANZ NZ 'very sorry' as FMA takes it to court for allegedly charging some customers for credit card repayment insurance policies that offered those customers no cover
5th Jun 20, 9:56am
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ANZ NZ 'very sorry' as FMA takes it to court for allegedly charging some customers for credit card repayment insurance policies that offered those customers no cover
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more rate cuts, commodity prices hold high, Council rates rise fast, online spending leaps, swaps rise, NZD firm, & more
4th Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more rate cuts, commodity prices hold high, Council rates rise fast, online spending leaps, swaps rise, NZD firm, & more
Gareth Vaughan on a need for more banks, living in a burning building, New Zealand stacking up well, the collision of science and politics, the Psychopath in Chief & a song for Dominic Cummings
4th Jun 20, 10:02am
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Gareth Vaughan on a need for more banks, living in a burning building, New Zealand stacking up well, the collision of science and politics, the Psychopath in Chief & a song for Dominic Cummings
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; another TD cut, some rebounds, more diversified that some assume, vanishing customers, slipping demand, swaps stable, NZD up, & more
3rd Jun 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; another TD cut, some rebounds, more diversified that some assume, vanishing customers, slipping demand, swaps stable, NZD up, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; some rate cuts, UDC sold, house price signals mixed, clear polling, swaps unchanged, NZD firm, & more
2nd Jun 20, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; some rate cuts, UDC sold, house price signals mixed, clear polling, swaps unchanged, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate cuts, confidence bounce, housing debt falls, bank deposits jump, swaps little-changed, NZD firm, & more
29th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate cuts, confidence bounce, housing debt falls, bank deposits jump, swaps little-changed, NZD firm, & more
Brian Fallow provides a timely reminder that NZ banks are reliant on imported credit, the flip side of NZ households’ collective tendency to spend more than their income
29th May 20, 9:01am
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Brian Fallow provides a timely reminder that NZ banks are reliant on imported credit, the flip side of NZ households’ collective tendency to spend more than their income
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more rate cuts, price-match promise back, confidence grim, job numbers fall, swaps flat, NZD unchanged, & more
28th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more rate cuts, price-match promise back, confidence grim, job numbers fall, swaps flat, NZD unchanged, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more sharp rate cuts, market and regulator slaps, housing confidence dives, $1 bln tout de suite, swaps stable, NZD firm & more
27th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more sharp rate cuts, market and regulator slaps, housing confidence dives, $1 bln tout de suite, swaps stable, NZD firm & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; very low TD rates, huge cash burn, farmers feel more loved by banks, consumer spending stages a comeback, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
26th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; very low TD rates, huge cash burn, farmers feel more loved by banks, consumer spending stages a comeback, swaps up, NZD firm, & more
Monthly mortgage borrowing more than halved in April compared with the previous month, according to new Reserve Bank figures
26th May 20, 3:30pm
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Monthly mortgage borrowing more than halved in April compared with the previous month, according to new Reserve Bank figures
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday: new record low rate, a bond killing, FHB deposit struggles, more zeros, job loss payments, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
25th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday: new record low rate, a bond killing, FHB deposit struggles, more zeros, job loss payments, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday: rapid-fire rate cuts, high demand for cheap SME loans, KiwiSaver balances in rare fall, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
22nd May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday: rapid-fire rate cuts, high demand for cheap SME loans, KiwiSaver balances in rare fall, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
The Government's IRD administered Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme has lent more than $824 mln to more than 47,000 SMEs so far
22nd May 20, 1:40pm
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The Government's IRD administered Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme has lent more than $824 mln to more than 47,000 SMEs so far
Adrian Orr: More QE would be the 'simple' way for the Reserve Bank to boost the economy; Going further and getting the Bank to directly finance government initiatives would be ‘achievable’ 
22nd May 20, 11:44am
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Adrian Orr: More QE would be the 'simple' way for the Reserve Bank to boost the economy; Going further and getting the Bank to directly finance government initiatives would be ‘achievable’