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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, dairy prices fall, Auckland house sale activity rises, winning with services, swaps approach zero, NZD firms, & more
2nd Sep 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, dairy prices fall, Auckland house sale activity rises, winning with services, swaps approach zero, NZD firms, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; many retail rate cuts, strong Auckland building consent growth, dodgy maps released, swap rates approach zero, NZD firm again, & more
1st Sep 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; many retail rate cuts, strong Auckland building consent growth, dodgy maps released, swap rates approach zero, NZD firm again, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; Kiwibank goes lower, business confidence soft, deposit growth soars, loan growth weak, NZD firm, & more
31st Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; Kiwibank goes lower, business confidence soft, deposit growth soars, loan growth weak, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; more TD rate cuts, sagging consumer confidence, KiwiSaver assets grow at home, US long bond rates jump, NZD firm, & more
28th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; more TD rate cuts, sagging consumer confidence, KiwiSaver assets grow at home, US long bond rates jump, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more bank TD cuts, home loans more affordable (but maybe not the deposits), household GHG emissions in spotlight, NZD firm, & more
27th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; more bank TD cuts, home loans more affordable (but maybe not the deposits), household GHG emissions in spotlight, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; minor retail rate changes, Bonus Bonds to be wound up, incomes fall, trade surplus, hot mortgage market, long swap rates rise, NZD stable, & more
26th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; minor retail rate changes, Bonus Bonds to be wound up, incomes fall, trade surplus, hot mortgage market, long swap rates rise, NZD stable, & more
Latest Reserve Bank monthly mortgage figures show that the post lockdown bounce back in activity continued at hot pace in July
26th Aug 20, 3:19pm
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Latest Reserve Bank monthly mortgage figures show that the post lockdown bounce back in activity continued at hot pace in July
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday: no retail rate changes, fewer Auckland property auctions, heavy bond demand, less drinking, swaps lower at long end, NZD softish, & more
25th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday: no retail rate changes, fewer Auckland property auctions, heavy bond demand, less drinking, swaps lower at long end, NZD softish, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; strong rise in homes completed, retail sales slump, interest-free 'loans' popular; bank NIMs dive, swaps eyed, NZD firm, & more
24th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; strong rise in homes completed, retail sales slump, interest-free 'loans' popular; bank NIMs dive, swaps eyed, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; one TD cut to new low, reno work easing, skinny yields in demand, house price inflation expectations surge, swaps low, NZD holds low, & more
21st Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; one TD cut to new low, reno work easing, skinny yields in demand, house price inflation expectations surge, swaps low, NZD holds low, & more
Robertson increases cap on Business Finance Guarantee Scheme 10-fold, extends terms of loans and enables businesses to use loans for capital investment and re-financing
20th Aug 20, 4:21pm
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Robertson increases cap on Business Finance Guarantee Scheme 10-fold, extends terms of loans and enables businesses to use loans for capital investment and re-financing
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; many TD rate cuts, farm inflation varies widely, capital goods inflation relatively high, gold volatile, swaps ease, NZD unchanged, & more
20th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; many TD rate cuts, farm inflation varies widely, capital goods inflation relatively high, gold volatile, swaps ease, NZD unchanged, & more
David Hargreaves tries to make sense of swirling and contradictory facts and figures around the current mortgage market
20th Aug 20, 9:04am
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David Hargreaves tries to make sense of swirling and contradictory facts and figures around the current mortgage market
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, more farm sales, lower dairy prices, A2 Milk up, Fletchers down, swaps fall, NZ up, & more
19th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no retail rate changes, more farm sales, lower dairy prices, A2 Milk up, Fletchers down, swaps fall, NZ up, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, but banks foresee negative rates next year, stronger Barfoot auction activity, well-being and trust up, swaps fall, NZD soft, & more
18th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, but banks foresee negative rates next year, stronger Barfoot auction activity, well-being and trust up, swaps fall, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; TSB cuts fixed mortgage rates, election delayed, new wage subsidy detail, new mortgage deferral detail, NZD holds, & more
17th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; TSB cuts fixed mortgage rates, election delayed, new wage subsidy detail, new mortgage deferral detail, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; few rate changes, house rates jump, PMI up, rents slip, hydro lakes low, China stumbles, eye on swap rates, NZD slips, & more
14th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; few rate changes, house rates jump, PMI up, rents slip, hydro lakes low, China stumbles, eye on swap rates, NZD slips, & more
Adrian Orr on how a second Covid-19 outbreak will affect the RBNZ's QE programme, why he likes a negative OCR/term lending duo, and what the side-effects of all this stimulus could be
13th Aug 20, 5:44pm
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Adrian Orr on how a second Covid-19 outbreak will affect the RBNZ's QE programme, why he likes a negative OCR/term lending duo, and what the side-effects of all this stimulus could be
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; Westpac cuts TD rates, fruit & veg prices jump, rent pressure uneven, online shopping pace slackens, swaps fall, NZD soft, & more
13th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; Westpac cuts TD rates, fruit & veg prices jump, rent pressure uneven, online shopping pace slackens, swaps fall, NZD soft, & more
Latest Reserve Bank figures on household debt to income ratios show that still more house buyers are borrowing more than five times their annual income
13th Aug 20, 3:43pm
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Latest Reserve Bank figures on household debt to income ratios show that still more house buyers are borrowing more than five times their annual income
RBNZ makes way to front load bond-buying, but recognises quantitative easing has its limits, so prepares to use a new combo of monetary policy tools
13th Aug 20, 8:58am
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RBNZ makes way to front load bond-buying, but recognises quantitative easing has its limits, so prepares to use a new combo of monetary policy tools
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; Auckland in L3 lockdown, RBNZ responds with larger QE target; constructions woes revealed, gold keeps falling, swaps fall, NZD weakens, & more
12th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; Auckland in L3 lockdown, RBNZ responds with larger QE target; constructions woes revealed, gold keeps falling, swaps fall, NZD weakens, & more
Banking Ombudsman website to feature dashboard providing detailed information about bank customers' complaints
12th Aug 20, 5:00am
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Banking Ombudsman website to feature dashboard providing detailed information about bank customers' complaints
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; some small rate cuts, truckometer speeds up, retail sales blossom, eyes on Orr, swaps unchanged, NZD holds, & more
11th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; some small rate cuts, truckometer speeds up, retail sales blossom, eyes on Orr, swaps unchanged, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no retail rate changes, sagging business confidence, rising Chinese inflation, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
10th Aug 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no retail rate changes, sagging business confidence, rising Chinese inflation, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more