Banking
Much still to be finalised in government's development of a deposit insurance scheme, with proposal of products it will cover detailed in consultation paper
3rd Apr 20, 5:00am
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Much still to be finalised in government's development of a deposit insurance scheme, with proposal of products it will cover detailed in consultation paper
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; FEI in receivership, big Govt bond tenders, Barfoots strong pre lockdown, RBNZ stops bank dividends, swaps low, NZD soft, & more
2nd Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; FEI in receivership, big Govt bond tenders, Barfoots strong pre lockdown, RBNZ stops bank dividends, swaps low, NZD soft, & more
More detail unveiled on which businesses are be eligible for an 80% taxpayer-backed bank loan to get them through the COVID-19 crisis
1st Apr 20, 6:15pm
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More detail unveiled on which businesses are be eligible for an 80% taxpayer-backed bank loan to get them through the COVID-19 crisis
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more savings account rate cuts, housing market turns grim, thousands apply for mortgage relief, vastly more for wage subsidies, swaps data updated, NZD soft, & more
1st Apr 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more savings account rate cuts, housing market turns grim, thousands apply for mortgage relief, vastly more for wage subsidies, swaps data updated, NZD soft, & more
Govt to announce commercial property sector support this week; Banks nearly ready to write taxpayer-backed business loans; Treasury says 'bespoke' support for big business could involve debt, equity or regulatory relief
1st Apr 20, 2:54pm
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Govt to announce commercial property sector support this week; Banks nearly ready to write taxpayer-backed business loans; Treasury says 'bespoke' support for big business could involve debt, equity or regulatory relief
We needed a reasonable period of time to allow the recent surging wave of highly geared first home buyers to get financially comfortable. We didn't get it
1st Apr 20, 1:22pm
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We needed a reasonable period of time to allow the recent surging wave of highly geared first home buyers to get financially comfortable. We didn't get it
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; many retail rate changes (cuts), retail spending dives, business confidence follows, power use down, swaps stablise, NZD firm, & much much more
31st Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; many retail rate changes (cuts), retail spending dives, business confidence follows, power use down, swaps stablise, NZD firm, & much much more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; rate changes keep coming, RBNZ adds to support, insurers promise support, fear stalks fixed interest markets, NZD firm, & more
30th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; rate changes keep coming, RBNZ adds to support, insurers promise support, fear stalks fixed interest markets, NZD firm, & more
Gareth Vaughan on stress testing COVID-19, panic buying, Trump's Vietnam, the Fed's balance sheet topping US$5 trillion and the Coronavirus Rhapsody
28th Mar 20, 12:32pm
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Gareth Vaughan on stress testing COVID-19, panic buying, Trump's Vietnam, the Fed's balance sheet topping US$5 trillion and the Coronavirus Rhapsody
In the third part of a series on NZ's retail payment systems, Gareth Vaughan looks at the complications of interchange & merchant service fees and finds a government minister still waving a regulatory stick
28th Mar 20, 10:32am
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In the third part of a series on NZ's retail payment systems, Gareth Vaughan looks at the complications of interchange & merchant service fees and finds a government minister still waving a regulatory stick
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate cuts and payment deferrals, petrol price drops, landlords want a public bailout, swaps slip, NZD firm, & much more
27th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate cuts and payment deferrals, petrol price drops, landlords want a public bailout, swaps slip, NZD firm, & much more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; mortgage rates go below 3%, TD rates cut too, online crims active, electricity use falls, swaps lower, NZD weaker, & much more
26th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; mortgage rates go below 3%, TD rates cut too, online crims active, electricity use falls, swaps lower, NZD weaker, & much more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; many retail rate cuts, trade data holding up, equity markets in fairyland, swap rates volatile, NZD holds firm, & more
25th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; many retail rate cuts, trade data holding up, equity markets in fairyland, swap rates volatile, NZD holds firm, & more
Whether it was down to early coronavirus concerns, or just increased worries over affordability, first home buyers pulled back sharply from the market last month
25th Mar 20, 3:45pm
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Whether it was down to early coronavirus concerns, or just increased worries over affordability, first home buyers pulled back sharply from the market last month
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; mortgage rate cut, mortgage holiday, SME finance guarantee, core funding ratio cut, freight support, swaps hold, NZD firm, & more
24th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; mortgage rate cut, mortgage holiday, SME finance guarantee, core funding ratio cut, freight support, swaps hold, NZD firm, & more
RBNZ loosens rules so banks can give coronavirus-affected mortgage holders a 6-month payment holiday; Govt stumps up $6.25 billion to guarantee business loans
24th Mar 20, 3:43pm
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RBNZ loosens rules so banks can give coronavirus-affected mortgage holders a 6-month payment holiday; Govt stumps up $6.25 billion to guarantee business loans
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; many rate changes, shifting to economic lockdown, NZ QE, swap rates dive, NZD soft, & more
23rd Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; many rate changes, shifting to economic lockdown, NZ QE, swap rates dive, NZD soft, & more
In the second part of a series on NZ's retail payment systems, Gareth Vaughan looks at how New Zealand's regulatory oversight of retail payments is behind where Australia was at in 2001
22nd Mar 20, 8:40am
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In the second part of a series on NZ's retail payment systems, Gareth Vaughan looks at how New Zealand's regulatory oversight of retail payments is behind where Australia was at in 2001
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; savings account interest vanishing, credit card use, NZ Super Fund loses bigtime, taxpayers bailout AirNZ, swap rates fall, NZD recovers, & more
20th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; savings account interest vanishing, credit card use, NZ Super Fund loses bigtime, taxpayers bailout AirNZ, swap rates fall, NZD recovers, & more
The RBNZ issues details of its plan to ensure financial markets don't freeze up during the global Covid-19 emergency
20th Mar 20, 8:20am
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The RBNZ issues details of its plan to ensure financial markets don't freeze up during the global Covid-19 emergency
RBNZ says there's enough cash to 'meet demand under any circumstances' while banks and electronic payments systems are 'prepared, resilient, and will keep operating'
19th Mar 20, 3:50pm
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RBNZ says there's enough cash to 'meet demand under any circumstances' while banks and electronic payments systems are 'prepared, resilient, and will keep operating'
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; bond and currency markets freezing up, in panic mode. More mortgage cuts, yields jump, swaps leap, NZD crashing, & more
19th Mar 20, 3:44pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; bond and currency markets freezing up, in panic mode. More mortgage cuts, yields jump, swaps leap, NZD crashing, & more
ANZ New Zealand economists call for RBNZ quantitative easing 'in the ballpark of' $15 billion to $20 billion annually to soothe financial markets and ease bank funding costs
19th Mar 20, 11:05am
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ANZ New Zealand economists call for RBNZ quantitative easing 'in the ballpark of' $15 billion to $20 billion annually to soothe financial markets and ease bank funding costs
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more retail rate changes, export slippage, Fonterra improves, forecasting nightmare, explosive virus jumps, swaps up, NZD down, & more
18th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; more retail rate changes, export slippage, Fonterra improves, forecasting nightmare, explosive virus jumps, swaps up, NZD down, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; more retail rate changes, big fiscal rescue package, auction activity holding up, consumer confidence slips, swap rates jump, NZD flat, & more
17th Mar 20, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; more retail rate changes, big fiscal rescue package, auction activity holding up, consumer confidence slips, swap rates jump, NZD flat, & more