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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no rate changes, business confidence sinks, Barfoots sales volumes low, building consents jump, RBA cuts again, swap rates soft, NZD holds
2nd Jul 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no rate changes, business confidence sinks, Barfoots sales volumes low, building consents jump, RBA cuts again, swap rates soft, NZD holds
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; mortgage rate cuts, a TD 'special', winter house market very slow, contractors a happy lot, more fuel taxes, swaps up, NZD stays firm, & more
1st Jul 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; mortgage rate cuts, a TD 'special', winter house market very slow, contractors a happy lot, more fuel taxes, swaps up, NZD stays firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate changes, consumer confidence up, debt growth 'normal', deposit growth also 'normal', swaps rise, NZD firm & more
28th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; many rate changes, consumer confidence up, debt growth 'normal', deposit growth also 'normal', swaps rise, NZD firm & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; small rate changes, bigger tax surplus, business confidence slips, FHBs borrow more, household CO2 rises fast, swaps up, NZD up, & more
27th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; small rate changes, bigger tax surplus, business confidence slips, FHBs borrow more, household CO2 rises fast, swaps up, NZD up, & more
In May the first home buyers hit their highest monthly total of borrowing, the highest share of the total advanced - and borrowed more in dollar terms than investors for the first time
27th Jun 19, 3:26pm
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In May the first home buyers hit their highest monthly total of borrowing, the highest share of the total advanced - and borrowed more in dollar terms than investors for the first time
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no rate changes, new credit card, new hybrid account, full lakes (mostly), consents equal completions, swaps up, NZD up, & more
26th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no rate changes, new credit card, new hybrid account, full lakes (mostly), consents equal completions, swaps up, NZD up, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; ANZ cuts a mortgage rate, job confidence soft, export success thanks to China, swaps firm, NZD rising, & more
25th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; ANZ cuts a mortgage rate, job confidence soft, export success thanks to China, swaps firm, NZD rising, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; key mortgage rate changes, deposit protection coming, farmers beat ANZ in court, swaps up, NZD stable, & more
24th Jun 19, 4:01pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; key mortgage rate changes, deposit protection coming, farmers beat ANZ in court, swaps up, NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; ASB cuts mortgage rates, farm sales low, long wait for tax refund, Paterson returns, swaps lower, NZD higher, & more
21st Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; ASB cuts mortgage rates, farm sales low, long wait for tax refund, Paterson returns, swaps lower, NZD higher, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; minor rate changes, GDP growth scepticism, more gold exported, farmgate milk price forecast held, swaps fall hard, NZD rises, & more
20th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; minor rate changes, GDP growth scepticism, more gold exported, farmgate milk price forecast held, swaps fall hard, NZD rises, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; a mortgage rate change, tame current account deficit, foreign debt falls, lower dairy prices, swaps down, NZD firm, & more
19th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; a mortgage rate change, tame current account deficit, foreign debt falls, lower dairy prices, swaps down, NZD firm, & more
Property information and analytics company CoreLogic believes the Reserve Bank will further loosen the loan to valuation ratio rules, which may include lower deposit limits for owner-occupiers
19th Jun 19, 11:20am
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Property information and analytics company CoreLogic believes the Reserve Bank will further loosen the loan to valuation ratio rules, which may include lower deposit limits for owner-occupiers
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; Co-op Bank makes TD changes, consumer sentiment weak, tractor sales growing, RBA turns gloomy, swaps soft, NZD holds & more
18th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; Co-op Bank makes TD changes, consumer sentiment weak, tractor sales growing, RBA turns gloomy, swaps soft, NZD holds & more
Lenders to be required to mediate with indebted farmers who default on payments before taking enforcement action under proposed law thought-up by NZ First and taken-up by the Government
17th Jun 19, 5:23pm
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Lenders to be required to mediate with indebted farmers who default on payments before taking enforcement action under proposed law thought-up by NZ First and taken-up by the Government
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no rate changes, Hisco dumped, services weak, occupancy rates up, inflation up, fx volumes up, swaps rise, NZF firm, & more
17th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no rate changes, Hisco dumped, services weak, occupancy rates up, inflation up, fx volumes up, swaps rise, NZF firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; mortgage and TD rate changes, house sale volumes sink, PMIs retreat, food prices low, rents up, swaps sink, NZD down, & more
14th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; mortgage and TD rate changes, house sale volumes sink, PMIs retreat, food prices low, rents up, swaps sink, NZD down, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; HNZ cuts mortgage rates, Afterpay investigated, Aussie jobs grow, but most part-time, swaps dip again, NZD firmer, & more
13th Jun 19, 4:18pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; HNZ cuts mortgage rates, Afterpay investigated, Aussie jobs grow, but most part-time, swaps dip again, NZD firmer, & more
Juniper Research estimates about four billion people will be using digital wallets by 2024, doing transactions worth more than US$9 trillion
13th Jun 19, 1:21pm
Juniper Research estimates about four billion people will be using digital wallets by 2024, doing transactions worth more than US$9 trillion
David Hargreaves ponders the country's mountain of weighty mortgages, which, paradoxically, keep getting lighter and more affordable thanks to disappearing interest rates
13th Jun 19, 7:53am
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David Hargreaves ponders the country's mountain of weighty mortgages, which, paradoxically, keep getting lighter and more affordable thanks to disappearing interest rates
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; TDs trimmed, rising migrant levels, visitor levels strong, retail sales soft, LGFA bond yields lower, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
12th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; TDs trimmed, rising migrant levels, visitor levels strong, retail sales soft, LGFA bond yields lower, swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; TD rate cuts, busy factories, rising truck traffic, upgrades and new stuff, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
11th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; TD rate cuts, busy factories, rising truck traffic, upgrades and new stuff, swaps unchanged, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; mortgage rate cuts, minor rate trimmings for business; China exports rise but imports fall; swaps and NZD steady, & more
10th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; mortgage rate cuts, minor rate trimmings for business; China exports rise but imports fall; swaps and NZD steady, & more
RBNZ confirms it'll consider requiring insurers to hold more capital: Macquarie analysts expect life insurers to be hardest hit and warn stricter rules could scare companies off NZ
10th Jun 19, 12:57pm
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RBNZ confirms it'll consider requiring insurers to hold more capital: Macquarie analysts expect life insurers to be hardest hit and warn stricter rules could scare companies off NZ
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; few rate changes, car sales sag, big construction completions, household net worth rises, swaps up, NZD steady, & more
7th Jun 19, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; few rate changes, car sales sag, big construction completions, household net worth rises, swaps up, NZD steady, & more
David Hargreaves looks at the apparent absence of any upsurge in the housing market following the torpedoing of any Capital Gains Tax - and assesses the prospects ahead
7th Jun 19, 7:49am
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David Hargreaves looks at the apparent absence of any upsurge in the housing market following the torpedoing of any Capital Gains Tax - and assesses the prospects ahead