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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; UDC cuts TD rates, Barfoots sales rise, QSBO signals sentiment turn, new vehicles still selling strongly, core funding records, NZD lower
5th Apr 16, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; UDC cuts TD rates, Barfoots sales rise, QSBO signals sentiment turn, new vehicles still selling strongly, core funding records, NZD lower
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; SBS Bank launches a 4.1% mortgage rate, Westpac cuts TD rates, tax evasion in spotlight, Aussie weakness, swap rates slide, NZD slips
4th Apr 16, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; SBS Bank launches a 4.1% mortgage rate, Westpac cuts TD rates, tax evasion in spotlight, Aussie weakness, swap rates slide, NZD slips
A challenger bank takes a knife to their one year rate to claim a market-leading position at 4.10%, going lower than ASB's offer for that term
1st Apr 16, 5:25pm
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A challenger bank takes a knife to their one year rate to claim a market-leading position at 4.10%, going lower than ASB's offer for that term
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; more bonus saver cuts, big new cable to the US, China improves, more Canterbury irrigation, swaps rise, NZD holds
1st Apr 16, 4:02pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; more bonus saver cuts, big new cable to the US, China improves, more Canterbury irrigation, swaps rise, NZD holds
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; businesses confident, tourism humming, housing debt rises fast, bank accounts full, tax & benefit changes, swap rates at record lows, NZD holds high
31st Mar 16, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; businesses confident, tourism humming, housing debt rises fast, bank accounts full, tax & benefit changes, swap rates at record lows, NZD holds high
Borrowing for houses increasing at fastest rate since 2008; business borrowing pauses; agricultural debt growth slows
31st Mar 16, 3:49pm
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Borrowing for houses increasing at fastest rate since 2008; business borrowing pauses; agricultural debt growth slows
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; BNZ cuts rates, building consents surge (but only for dwellings), China confidence jumps, swaps fall and flatten, NZD pushes higher
30th Mar 16, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; BNZ cuts rates, building consents surge (but only for dwellings), China confidence jumps, swaps fall and flatten, NZD pushes higher
Banks continue to reduce fixed mortgage rates and the 1-5 rate difference is its flattest since 2009. But no other bank has followed HSBC below 4%
30th Mar 16, 10:31am
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Banks continue to reduce fixed mortgage rates and the 1-5 rate difference is its flattest since 2009. But no other bank has followed HSBC below 4%
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; NZ Home Loans cuts too, milk flow rises, where the jobs will be, director pay trends, Aussies retiring later, swaps and NZD up modestly
29th Mar 16, 4:02pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; NZ Home Loans cuts too, milk flow rises, where the jobs will be, director pay trends, Aussies retiring later, swaps and NZD up modestly
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; Residential property investors resurgent, mixed trade results, Reserve Bank consults, OCR headed for 1.5%?
24th Mar 16, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; Residential property investors resurgent, mixed trade results, Reserve Bank consults, OCR headed for 1.5%?
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; Fonterra to pay early dividends, mortgage approval volumes strong, Labour's big ideas, Southern Response kicks can down road
23rd Mar 16, 3:57pm
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; Fonterra to pay early dividends, mortgage approval volumes strong, Labour's big ideas, Southern Response kicks can down road
Westpac takes 6-16 basis points off its fixed term home loan rates, while Co-op Bank shaves off a similar amount as it re-aligns itself for the 2nd time since the OCR cut two weeks ago
23rd Mar 16, 11:59am
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Westpac takes 6-16 basis points off its fixed term home loan rates, while Co-op Bank shaves off a similar amount as it re-aligns itself for the 2nd time since the OCR cut two weeks ago
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; Sydney house prices fall, S&P affirms NZ sovereign ratings, Patsy Reddy new Governor General, census testing & more
22nd Mar 16, 4:02pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; Sydney house prices fall, S&P affirms NZ sovereign ratings, Patsy Reddy new Governor General, census testing & more
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; plenty of savings & TD cuts but just one bank cuts mortgages, migration still humming, OCR of 1.75% picked, confidence down, swaps stable, NZD reverses some of gains
21st Mar 16, 4:02pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; plenty of savings & TD cuts but just one bank cuts mortgages, migration still humming, OCR of 1.75% picked, confidence down, swaps stable, NZD reverses some of gains
ANZ slashes its term deposit and PIE rates by up to 50bps & cuts its fixed home loan rates by up to 20bps
21st Mar 16, 9:38am
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ANZ slashes its term deposit and PIE rates by up to 50bps & cuts its fixed home loan rates by up to 20bps
The big four banks may have chosen to protect their margins at the expense of borrowers, but Bernard Hickey asks if that is such a bad thing in the short term
20th Mar 16, 5:02am
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The big four banks may have chosen to protect their margins at the expense of borrowers, but Bernard Hickey asks if that is such a bad thing in the short term
Co-operative Bank CEO Bruce McLachlan argues banks penalising floating mortgage customers for margin pressure elsewhere is not rational
19th Mar 16, 6:02am
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Co-operative Bank CEO Bruce McLachlan argues banks penalising floating mortgage customers for margin pressure elsewhere is not rational
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; rush of savings & TD cuts, Ruataniwha decision appealed, job ads inch higher, confidence at regular levels, swaps stable, NZD higher again
18th Mar 16, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; rush of savings & TD cuts, Ruataniwha decision appealed, job ads inch higher, confidence at regular levels, swaps stable, NZD higher again
Gareth Vaughan looks at what may really be going on at the banks
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; BNZ gives a little, some TD cuts, GDP surprises on high side, NZGB yields dive, swap rates dip sharply, NZD rises
17th Mar 16, 4:01pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; BNZ gives a little, some TD cuts, GDP surprises on high side, NZGB yields dive, swap rates dip sharply, NZD rises
How should millennials be planning for their retirement when they can't see beyond their hefty student loans and high-sky property prices? Diane Maxwell gives her two cents
17th Mar 16, 12:57pm
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How should millennials be planning for their retirement when they can't see beyond their hefty student loans and high-sky property prices? Diane Maxwell gives her two cents
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; a rush of rate cuts (but not from BNZ), jail for mortgage fraud, dairy disappointment, C/A deficit falls, swap rates steepen, NZD falls
16th Mar 16, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; a rush of rate cuts (but not from BNZ), jail for mortgage fraud, dairy disappointment, C/A deficit falls, swap rates steepen, NZD falls
SBS and TSB pass on 15 and 20 basis points, respectively, of the 25 basis points OCR cut to floating rate borrowers
15th Mar 16, 5:20pm
SBS and TSB pass on 15 and 20 basis points, respectively, of the 25 basis points OCR cut to floating rate borrowers
We put a value on what the banks are gaining and will retain by not passing on all of the OCR cut to borrowers
15th Mar 16, 4:22pm
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We put a value on what the banks are gaining and will retain by not passing on all of the OCR cut to borrowers
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; only TD cuts today, Parliament in uproar over holdbacks, WMP signals positive, swap rates fall, NZD lower
15th Mar 16, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Tuesday; only TD cuts today, Parliament in uproar over holdbacks, WMP signals positive, swap rates fall, NZD lower