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Weekend briefing: Inflation signs in a pandemic?
US & Canadian data positive; China reserves grow; Japan & EU PMIs weaker; Aussie factories in good shape but retail sales slip; carmakers raise prices; UST 10yr at 1.09%; oil and gold lower; NZ$1 = 71.8 USc; TWI-5 = 73.1
23rd Jan 21, 8:37am
by David Chaston
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Data breach prompts RBNZ to push pause on bank data collection as housing market rages
Cyber attack prompts RBNZ to delay collecting and publishing bank data, key to policymakers addressing the housing crisis and ensuring the financial system is stable
22nd Jan 21, 7:01pm
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Jenée Tibshraeny
News
Inflation overshoots expectations in December quarter; Rate cuts unlikely
[Updated]
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22nd Jan 21, 11:09am
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Jenée Tibshraeny
Personal Finance
BNZ cuts mortgage rates now too, quickly followed by ASB
[Updated]
More big banks slip into line with lower one year fixed rate home loan offers. BNZ is the latest, then ASB. But challenger banks still have lower rates on the table
22nd Jan 21, 8:37am
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David Chaston
News
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22nd Jan 21, 5:00am
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Gareth Vaughan
News
Weekend briefing: Inflation signs in a pandemic?

US & Canadian data positive; China reserves grow; Japan & EU PMIs weaker; Aussie factories in good shape but retail sales slip; carmakers raise prices; UST 10yr at 1.09%; oil and gold lower; NZ$1 = 71.8 USc; TWI-5 = 73.1

23rd Jan 21, 8:37am
by David Chaston
3
News
Data breach prompts RBNZ to push pause on bank data collection as housing market rages

Cyber attack prompts RBNZ to delay collecting and publishing bank data, key to policymakers addressing the housing crisis and ensuring the financial system is stable

22nd Jan 21, 7:01pm
by Jenée Tibshraeny
13
News
Inflation overshoots expectations in December quarter; Rate cuts unlikely
[Updated]

CPI inflation higher than expected by RBNZ and market in December quarter at 0.5% quarter-on-quarter and 1.4% year-on-year; Rate cuts unlikely

22nd Jan 21, 11:09am
by Jenée Tibshraeny
131
Personal Finance
BNZ cuts mortgage rates now too, quickly followed by ASB
[Updated]

More big banks slip into line with lower one year fixed rate home loan offers. BNZ is the latest, then ASB. But challenger banks still have lower rates on the table

22nd Jan 21, 8:37am
by David Chaston
41
News
Assessing QE's impact on wealth and income inequality

UK think-tank delves into whether quantitative easing, such as the RBNZ's COVID-era large scale asset purchase programme, worsens wealth and income inequality

22nd Jan 21, 5:00am
by Gareth Vaughan
26
Property
Property
Population growth from migration down by 92% in November year-on-year
Net migration gain of just 672 in November last year, way down from gain of 8744 in November 2019
22nd Jan 21, 9:12am
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by Greg Ninness
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Property
Property
Govt to unveil measures to address housing supply at May Budget
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by Jenée Tibshraeny
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Currencies
Currencies
A softer USD raises the NZD
Risk sentiment swings around overnight. Fresh S&P500 high gives way to flat result. NZD lower after printing above 0.7220. Stronger US data; No surprises from ECB or BoJ
22nd Jan 21, 8:02am
by Jason Wong
Property
Property
Westpac economists now see no further cuts to official interest rates
Westpac economists expect annual house price inflation will peak at 20% later this year, 'which is not an environment conducive to further OCR cuts'
21st Jan 21, 1:28pm
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by David Hargreaves
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News
QE 'likely to continue to play a key role in the monetary policy toolkit for years to come'

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Gareth Vaughan
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