borrowing

20 Jul 18, 3:59pm

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; a meaningless fee reduction, migration attraction diminishes, tourism flow settles, credit card convenience hooks us, swaps slip, NZD lower
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This week's guest Top 10

20 Jul 18, 10:00am

Guest

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Liz Kendall and Miles Workman look at the Top 10 things keeping ANZ economists up at night, which include expensive houses, underwhelming productivity, the cost of an ageing population, anxious businesses and more
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What happened Thursday

19 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

19 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; farm sales weak, KiwiBuild demand rising, regions to the fore, benefit levels turn up, NZGB tender popular, swaps slip, NZD holds
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What happened Wednesday

18 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; Westpac cuts a TD rate, FMA moves against insurance churn, we are living longer & in better health, LGFA offers popular, swaps fall & flatten, NZD firms
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What happened Tuesday

17 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; Co-op reduces some TD rates, house sale volumes fall, CPI up modestly, insurance premiums jump, swap rates recover, NZD stable
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What happened Monday

16 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; BNZ reverses TD 'special', PSI flashes warning signal, China growth stays up, RBNZ claims improves safety, swaps slip again, NZD holds
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The debt train will crash

16 Jul 18, 8:39am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin continues his 'Train Crash' series, this week with some new numbers on how big the problems are
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What happened Friday

13 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

30 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday: no rate changes, 10K new Mangere dwellings, CBL update, PMI sinks, Aussie housing weakness, swaps slip, NZD firms
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What happened Thursday

12 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

15 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; no rate changes, food prices stable, MPB on lifestyle blocks now, investors confident, swaps slip, NZD holds lower
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What happened Wednesday

11 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; NZCU South trims a TD rate, more huge Trump tariffs, guest nights up, NZ stress tests ok, rents jump, swaps fall, NZD down
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What happened Tuesday

10 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

12 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; two rate changes, truckometer loses momentum, inflation low even as retail demand solid, swaps unchanged, NZD firm
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What happened Monday

9 Jul 18, 4:00pm

David Chaston

3 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; a TD rate cut, a credit card rate cut, Japan & China data impresses, swaps unchanged, comparing the US rate curve, NZD firm-ish
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What happened Friday

6 Jul 18, 3:58pm

Suraj Varma

24 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; bank capital; trade wars; more women on public boards; dwelling and household estimates; special schools; swap rates up; NZD firm
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What happened Thursday

5 Jul 18, 3:58pm

Suraj Varma

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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; term deposit rate changes; Crown accounts; used car imports; rents stable; safe drinking water; Westpac Pay; Onehunga Wharf; rates stable; NZD firm
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ASIC credit card report shows up NZ authorities

5 Jul 18, 1:54pm

Gareth Vaughan

11 comments

As NZ regulators investigate banks' conduct & culture they should take a leaf out of ASIC's book and probe the credit card market too, Gareth Vaughan argues
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What happened Wednesday

4 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

17 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; no rate changes, buyers market for housing, KiwiBuild ballot criteria, land tax gets a booster, job ads sag, swaps stable, NZD up
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What happened Tuesday

3 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

8 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; no rate changes, Shanghai in trouble again, businesses 'quietly unconfident', SUV's rule, asking prices drop, swaps stable, NZD down
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What happened Monday

2 Jul 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

3 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; many mortgage rate cuts, a TD rate hike, TPP gaining momentum again, India faces tumult, AU house prices slip, partisanship breeds distrust, swaps and NZD stable
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Unfunded promises

2 Jul 18, 8:30am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin continues his 'Train Crash' series, this week tallying up the unfunded US government financial promises: 'We are in hock up to our ears'
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What happened Friday

29 Jun 18, 3:59pm

David Chaston

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; some small TD changes, confidence slips, housing consents up, what election uncertainty cost, debt growth, swaps down again, bitcoin drops, NZD holds
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