Banking
New Reserve Bank figures show that household debt to income ratios continued to blow out right up till the lockdown - and first home buyers were in the frontline
18th May 20, 3:50pm
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New Reserve Bank figures show that household debt to income ratios continued to blow out right up till the lockdown - and first home buyers were in the frontline
Gareth Vaughan on big banks' loan impairments, hotels for a post-COVID-19 world, a business opportunity for criminals, the anti-vaxxer threat to a COVID-19 vaccine & the end of neo-liberalism
18th May 20, 11:56am
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Gareth Vaughan on big banks' loan impairments, hotels for a post-COVID-19 world, a business opportunity for criminals, the anti-vaxxer threat to a COVID-19 vaccine & the end of neo-liberalism
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many retail rate cuts, awful PMIs, house sales slow to trickle, jobless numbers jump, swaps stable, NZD unchanged, & more
15th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many retail rate cuts, awful PMIs, house sales slow to trickle, jobless numbers jump, swaps stable, NZD unchanged, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; retail rate cuts signaled, crisis Budget unveiled, job ads plummet, migration rises, swaps hold, NZD recovers, & more
14th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; retail rate cuts signaled, crisis Budget unveiled, job ads plummet, migration rises, swaps hold, NZD recovers, & more
The Reserve Bank has put forward three scenarios for how the economy might pan out depending on what level of pandemic containment measures will be required. None of the scenarios are rosy
13th May 20, 5:21pm
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The Reserve Bank has put forward three scenarios for how the economy might pan out depending on what level of pandemic containment measures will be required. None of the scenarios are rosy
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more sharp retail rate cuts, RBNZ doubles QE, exports hold up, swaps fall, NZD falls, & more
13th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more sharp retail rate cuts, RBNZ doubles QE, exports hold up, swaps fall, NZD falls, & more
Reserve Bank says it will be 'closely monitoring' movements in retail interest rates and bank margins; sees house prices falling 9% over the rest of this year
13th May 20, 3:11pm
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Reserve Bank says it will be 'closely monitoring' movements in retail interest rates and bank margins; sees house prices falling 9% over the rest of this year
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; some very major retail rate cuts, IRD in the loan business, truckometer slows to a crawl, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
12th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; some very major retail rate cuts, IRD in the loan business, truckometer slows to a crawl, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no rate changes, retail spending halves, business pessimism not getting worse, huge bond trading, swaps hold, NZD firm, & more
11th May 20, 3:51pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no rate changes, retail spending halves, business pessimism not getting worse, huge bond trading, swaps hold, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; major mortgage rate cuts, warnings for newbies, Crown accounts go into reverse, layoffs and restructurings, swaps stable, NZD rises, & more
8th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; major mortgage rate cuts, warnings for newbies, Crown accounts go into reverse, layoffs and restructurings, swaps stable, NZD rises, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday: more retail rate cuts, inflation is dead, eyes on 2020 Budget and move to L2, huge Govt bond demand, swaps firm, NZD slips, & more
7th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday: more retail rate cuts, inflation is dead, eyes on 2020 Budget and move to L2, huge Govt bond demand, swaps firm, NZD slips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; another TD rate cut, rents under attack, RBNZ optimistic, China trade strong, swaps stay low, NZD firm, & more
6th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; another TD rate cut, rents under attack, RBNZ optimistic, China trade strong, swaps stay low, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; more TD rate cuts, building consents drop, eyes on diary auction, car sales collapse, swaps at record lows, NZD firms, & more
5th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; more TD rate cuts, building consents drop, eyes on diary auction, car sales collapse, swaps at record lows, NZD firms, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; important retail rate cuts, B&T sees sales volumes halve, Westpac NZ sees profit almost halve, swaps at new record low, NZD soft, & more
4th May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; important retail rate cuts, B&T sees sales volumes halve, Westpac NZ sees profit almost halve, swaps at new record low, NZD soft, & more
Jenée Tibshraeny on what was worse than Parliament mistakenly passing a law enabling taxpayers to lend billions to business
2nd May 20, 3:24pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny on what was worse than Parliament mistakenly passing a law enabling taxpayers to lend billions to business
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; more rate changes, Govt enters business banking, consumer confidence tanks, Govt bond yields dive, NZD retreats, & more
1st May 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; more rate changes, Govt enters business banking, consumer confidence tanks, Govt bond yields dive, NZD retreats, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more retail rate cuts, attacking loan sharks, surge in bank deposits, personal debt falls, Govt debt popular, NZD firms, & more
30th Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more retail rate cuts, attacking loan sharks, surge in bank deposits, personal debt falls, Govt debt popular, NZD firms, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; trade and mortgage flows strong going into lockdown, high demand for banknotes, swaps fell hard yesterday, NZD up today, & more
29th Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; trade and mortgage flows strong going into lockdown, high demand for banknotes, swaps fell hard yesterday, NZD up today, & more
New figures show the banks wrote out the biggest amount for mortgages in a March last month since 2016; first home buyers had a pre-lockdown surge
29th Apr 20, 3:37pm
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New figures show the banks wrote out the biggest amount for mortgages in a March last month since 2016; first home buyers had a pre-lockdown surge
It could be July before we start to see meaningful data on what's happening to house prices, leaving buyers, sellers and banks struggling to decide what a property is worth
29th Apr 20, 12:02pm
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It could be July before we start to see meaningful data on what's happening to house prices, leaving buyers, sellers and banks struggling to decide what a property is worth
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no rate changes, online sales distortions, big layoff, more bank loan impairments, 90 day bank bill rates slumps, NZD slips, & more
28th Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no rate changes, online sales distortions, big layoff, more bank loan impairments, 90 day bank bill rates slumps, NZD slips, & more
The Swedish private equity company looking to terminate its deal to buy Metlifecare says that the retirement village operator will be adversely affected by the virus over the next three financial years
28th Apr 20, 11:44am
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The Swedish private equity company looking to terminate its deal to buy Metlifecare says that the retirement village operator will be adversely affected by the virus over the next three financial years
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; retail rate cut flow continues, Jobseeker benefit applications jump, AIAL downsizes, swaps flat, NZD up, & more
24th Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; retail rate cut flow continues, Jobseeker benefit applications jump, AIAL downsizes, swaps flat, NZD up, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; minor rate cuts, strong NZGB demand, sharp fall in credit card activity, hunting delayed, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
23rd Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; minor rate cuts, strong NZGB demand, sharp fall in credit card activity, hunting delayed, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more TD rate cuts, dairy prices retreat, farm sales lower, exports hold up, A2 Milk shines, swaps stable, NZD down, then firms, & more
22nd Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more TD rate cuts, dairy prices retreat, farm sales lower, exports hold up, A2 Milk shines, swaps stable, NZD down, then firms, & more