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What happened Wednesday
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; new home loan option, CPI up, dairy prices hold, Moody's impressed, tractor drought, swaps slip, NZD holds, & more
21st Apr 21, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
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Property
'Mortgage rate increases now even scarier for the housing market'
ANZ economists say after the recent housing policy changes by the Government there's a greater chance that interest rate increases could cause investors to sell up; RBNZ may wait too long to raise rates
21st Apr 21, 2:58pm
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David Hargreaves
Business
Higher fuel and housing costs drive inflation
Statistics New Zealand says the Consumers Price Index rose 0.8% in the March quarter, giving annual inflation of 1.5%; result in line with market forecasts, though lower than the Reserve Bank expected
21st Apr 21, 11:13am
57
David Hargreaves
Rural News
Dairy prices 'to remain stronger for longer'
Westpac economists see buoyant dairy prices flowing through next season and have hiked their milk price forecast for next year by 75c to $8 per kilogram of milk solids
21st Apr 21, 3:50pm
1
David Hargreaves
Banking
What's happening with deposit insurance? A refresher ahead of an update due Thursday
A look at what government officials, deposit-takers and the public want from a deposit insurance scheme, ahead of a government update expected on Thursday
21st Apr 21, 9:00am
12
Jenée Tibshraeny
News
What happened Wednesday

A review of things you need to know before you go home on Wednesday; new home loan option, CPI up, dairy prices hold, Moody's impressed, tractor drought, swaps slip, NZD holds, & more

21st Apr 21, 3:59pm
by David Chaston
19
Property
'Mortgage rate increases now even scarier for the housing market'

ANZ economists say after the recent housing policy changes by the Government there's a greater chance that interest rate increases could cause investors to sell up; RBNZ may wait too long to raise rates

21st Apr 21, 2:58pm
by David Hargreaves
45
Business
Higher fuel and housing costs drive inflation

Statistics New Zealand says the Consumers Price Index rose 0.8% in the March quarter, giving annual inflation of 1.5%; result in line with market forecasts, though lower than the Reserve Bank expected

21st Apr 21, 11:13am
by David Hargreaves
57
Rural News
Dairy prices 'to remain stronger for longer'

Westpac economists see buoyant dairy prices flowing through next season and have hiked their milk price forecast for next year by 75c to $8 per kilogram of milk solids

21st Apr 21, 3:50pm
by David Hargreaves
1
Banking
What's happening with deposit insurance? A refresher ahead of an update due Thursday

A look at what government officials, deposit-takers and the public want from a deposit insurance scheme, ahead of a government update expected on Thursday

21st Apr 21, 9:00am
by Jenée Tibshraeny
12
Personal Finance
Personal Finance
FMA warns fund managers against touting 'phenomenal returns'
Financial Markets Authority says advertising returns for the 12-month period to March 2021 could mislead investors - as it shows none of the severe February-March selloff in the markets last year but all of the subsequent recovery
21st Apr 21, 9:18am
2
by David Hargreaves
2
Personal Finance
Personal Finance
New Squirrel home loans 'somewhere between securitisation and an old fashioned first and second mortgage'
Mortgage broker Squirrel unveils home loans requiring a deposit as low as 5% targeted at first home buyers in cities who are on good incomes but can't rely on parental support
21st Apr 21, 7:38am
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by Gareth Vaughan
48
Rural News
Rural News
Are lifestyle blocks a productive use of agricultural land?
Guy Trafford finds that the good work the MoE/StatsNZ does on land use is being used by others to bolster unsubstantiated biases, especially around the impact of lifestyle blocks
21st Apr 21, 9:50am
23
by Guy Trafford
23
Business
Business
We're stuck with the lowest level of business investment in a generation
David Chaston finds that businesses are not investing more, despite record low interest rates, record low business tax rates, and governments that win long stable terms
20th Apr 21, 1:43pm
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by David Chaston
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Rural News
Sector collaboration achieves better political outcomes

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Allan Barber
Property
Residential real estate industry's commission revenues soared in the first quarter

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Greg Ninness
Personal Finance
The three days of 2020 NZX investors should've stayed in the market

20th Apr 21, 10:28am
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Jenée Tibshraeny
Property
Key definitions missing in housing package

20th Apr 21, 8:52am
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Diana Clement
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David Chaston
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