Economy

Fonterra out on a limb with milk price forecast

19 Sep 18, 2:03pm

Further falls in the global price of dairy products indicate its now more when than if Fonterra reduces its forecast milk price below the current $6.75; Westpac has dropped its forecast to $6.25 from $6.50
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It's spreading...

19 Sep 18, 9:55am

David Hargreaves

128 comments

Westpac McDermott Miller survey shows the collapsing confidence contagion is spreading, with the lowest level of consumer confidence in six years
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Eyes on the RBNZ after GDP figures

18 Sep 18, 10:03am

David Hargreaves

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Economists note that economic growth slower than the central bank is predicting would see growing speculation of future interest rate cuts - but higher growth figures would curtail such speculation
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Chinese growth spurt

17 Sep 18, 9:30am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin relates some short stories about positive events in China, which demonstrate that China has good news, and even some fabulously great news, much of it quite compelling
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Fonterra's long way back

13 Sep 18, 5:02pm

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves thinks the struggling Fonterra dairy co-operative will need a close eye keeping on it as it endeavours to get its wobbly milk cart back on the trail
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Setting the goals

13 Sep 18, 3:23pm

Guest

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Murray Grimwood, aka Power Down Kiwi, looks at the problems we face and aspirational ways we might approach them
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Fonterra to review business after losses

13 Sep 18, 9:13am

David Hargreaves

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Fonterra holds milk price forecast at $6.75; forecasts earnings per share of 25c-35c this year; to review investments including Beingmate; full year loss of $196 million reported
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A tale of two sectors in NZ

12 Sep 18, 10:21am

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Bankers' Association Acting CEO Antony Buick-Constable rejects suggestions banks are not playing their part in the construction sector and says bank lending to the sector is at its highest since the GFC
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China's command innovation

10 Sep 18, 9:18am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin delves deep into China and concludes that if it’s possible for a centrally planned economy to achieve sustainable long-term growth, China will be the one to do it
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This week’s Top 10

7 Sep 18, 10:00am

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ASB Chief Economist Nick Tuffley examines the 'neutral' interest rate limbo dance, what history tells us about interest rates, the new neutral in NZ, the real limbo record, the struggle to be green & more
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Young and broke

6 Sep 18, 3:41pm

David Hargreaves

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Latest figures show sharp rise in the number of under-25s in this country declaring bankruptcy
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Systems thinking, logic; and why GDP is past its use-by date

1 Sep 18, 9:35am

Guest

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Murray Grimwood, aka Power Down Kiwi, delivers a short treatise on unflawed thinking arguing we need a measure of stocks rather than a measure of flows like GDP
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The neon elephant is on the charge

30 Aug 18, 3:50pm

David Hargreaves

81 comments

David Hargreaves says the Government may need a real business-friendly symbolic gesture to stop the country heading into a self-induced downturn
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Half of all businesses now expecting a downturn

30 Aug 18, 1:38pm

Jason Walls

49 comments

ANZ’s Business Confidence Survey has registered yet another drop, with now 50% of all businesses surveyed expecting a deterioration in business conditions, dollar falls
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Re-configuring the global economy

29 Aug 18, 2:01pm

Gareth Vaughan

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Paper for UN sustainable development project sets out why and how the ways energy, transport, food and housing are produced and consumed should be transformed
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What's wrong with 'performance' anyway?

27 Aug 18, 1:45pm

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves argues that the Government's decision to end 'performance' pay for public service CEOs sends a poor signal that bodes ill for the country's productivity
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Fonterra's $7 milk price looking shaky

22 Aug 18, 4:31pm

David Hargreaves

16 comments

Further falls in global dairy prices indicate that even a $6.50 farmgate milk price could be in doubt
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NZ’s economy might not be as hot as we’re being told

20 Aug 18, 7:50am

Jason Walls

42 comments

BNZ’s Head of Research Stephen Toplis is clearly not as optimistic as the Reserve Bank or the Government when it comes to NZ’s future growth – but why?
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