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22 Sep 17, 3:58pm

A review of things you need to know before you go home Friday; new rates added; FMA FSPR report; new bond issue; Rio Tinto share buybacks; new sanctions on North Korea; local rates and NZD lower
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Call for pipeline vulnerability report to be released

22 Sep 17, 2:01pm

Alex Tarrant

4 comments

Greens call for report on fuel pipeline vulnerabilities to be released; Judith Collins says Auckland Airport disruption will be over before school holidays
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Buyers cautious at the last apartment auctions before the election

22 Sep 17, 1:37pm

Greg Ninness

7 comments

Overall sales rate of 25% at the latest Auckland apartment auctions
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Can National and the Greens ever be mates?

22 Sep 17, 12:36pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

29 comments

With the environment the backbone of the NZ economy, is a National/Green government a possibility in the future? Andrew Campbell and Bryce Edwards share their views
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Why hasn't housing affordability been a bigger focus of this election campaign?

22 Sep 17, 12:16pm

Gareth Vaughan

96 comments

I thought this was going to be the housing election but housing affordability has struggled for airtime. Gareth Vaughan is very disappointed about this
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Today's top 10

22 Sep 17, 10:12am

Alex Tarrant

44 comments

Alex Tarrant presents a Top 10 of final election thoughts: Parker vs Collins; NZ First vs the Greens; Who's going to call for house price falls next term?; Rural-urban divide; Nick Smith's knob; Cartoon wrap
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Mixed new season outlook

22 Sep 17, 8:51am

Guest

Silver Fern Farms looks ahead to what it expects from the new season in terms of volumes available and price trends
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NZD underperforms

22 Sep 17, 8:50am

Dan Bell

The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Friday, September 22, 2017
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90 seconds at 9 am: Debt sees China's credit rating downgraded

22 Sep 17, 8:11am

Jenée Tibshraeny

33 comments

S&P downgrades China's credit rating due to its credit growth; BoJ keeps interest rates on hold; RBA governor says he can't do much more to boost economic growth; UST 10yr yield at 2.26%; oil stable, gold down; NZ$1 = 73.1 US¢, TWI-5 = 75.3
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UST rates rangebound

22 Sep 17, 8:08am

Jason Wong

UST rates traded a 2.24-2.28% range to currently sit flat at 2.27%; Australian rates lower after dovish speech from RBA's Lowe; NZ rates moves modest
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AUD and NZD weaker

22 Sep 17, 7:56am

Jason Wong

AUD worst performing major, down 1.2% to 0.7930 USD, following RBA Governor Lowe's speech; NZD also lower, testing the 0.7300 USD level; NZDAUD climbed up through the 0.9200 mark
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FMA's new strategy for tackling NZ's unintended financial services exports

22 Sep 17, 6:02am

Gareth Vaughan

6 comments

The FMA issues warnings about NZ's troublesome Financial Service Providers Register in Chinese, Malay and Arabic & admits it's easier to get on it than be removed from it
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Peters Kingmaker in final Newshub poll

21 Sep 17, 6:30pm

Alex Tarrant

140 comments

Winston Peters holds the balance for National vs Labour-Greens in Newshub-Reid poll; Greens recover, NZ First up slightly; Bill English up in preferred PM stakes
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Seymour: ACT would work with Winston

21 Sep 17, 5:13pm

Alex Tarrant

22 comments

ACT’s David Seymour says he will work with Winston Peters if that’s what National needs to form centre-right govt; Says he won't take Ministerial post next-term to allow for time to get his euthanasia bill through
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What happened Thursday

21 Sep 17, 3:59pm

David Chaston

25 comments

A review of things you need to know before you go home Thursday; NBS trims, unaffordability eases, interest in debate high, migration record, visitor levels top out, growth modest, credit card balances up
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NZ Govt Bond tender number 615 results

21 Sep 17, 2:10pm

Suraj Varma

NZ Govt Bond Tender #615; weighted average yield accepted rises to 2.91% and coverage ratio rises to 3.19x
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Ardern maintains 'house values won't drop' line

21 Sep 17, 11:48am

Alex Tarrant

88 comments

Labour Party leader Ardern maintains stance that existing house values shouldn't drop as KiwiBuild increases supply of cheaper homes
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Migrant arrivals reach a record high of 132,153 in August year

21 Sep 17, 11:34am

Greg Ninness

88 comments

Record number of migrant arrivals sees a net migration gain of 72,072 in year to August
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GDP grows 0.8% in June quarter

21 Sep 17, 11:06am

David Hargreaves

15 comments

GDP grows bang in line with market expectations; per capita GDP grows 0.3% in the quarter; construction activity shrinks again
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AIA to buy Sovereign

21 Sep 17, 10:57am

Jenée Tibshraeny

AIA reaches AU$3.8 billion agreement with ASB's parent CBA to buy Sovereign and CommInsure
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21 Sep 17, 10:23am

First home buyers benefiting as house prices drop in Auckland

21 Sep 17, 8:26am

NZD up against all majors

21 Sep 17, 8:07am

Rates higher

21 Sep 17, 8:05am

90 seconds at 9 am: Fed to unwind quantitative easing

21 Sep 17, 7:58am

USD strengthens on Fed policy statement

20 Sep 17, 6:06pm

Leaders debate foreign house buyers, tax & Winston

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20 Sep 17, 3:59pm

What happened Wednesday

20 Sep 17, 1:01pm

English defends housing record; Rules out asset tax

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20 Sep 17, 12:45pm

Fuel Crisis: Government forms a committee

20 Sep 17, 11:54am

$7 milk price for farmers seen as likely

20 Sep 17, 11:40am

Labour pledges review of the Responsible Lending Code

20 Sep 17, 11:27am

September log market report

20 Sep 17, 10:19am

The Weekly Dairy Report

20 Sep 17, 10:17am

Open banking based on the idea 'information like money, is valuable'

20 Sep 17, 9:11am

Should reducing government debt really be a priority right now?

20 Sep 17, 8:55am

The 3 key issues for any Labour govt appointed tax working group

20 Sep 17, 8:40am

Global rates spill over onto NZ yield curve

20 Sep 17, 8:17am

NZD opens at 0.7318 USD

20 Sep 17, 7:50am

NZD and AUD top leaderboard

20 Sep 17, 7:35am

90 seconds at 9 am: A rethink on the 4 pillar policy?

20 Sep 17, 5:00am

Health spending vs economic record

19 Sep 17, 3:59pm

What happened Tuesday

19 Sep 17, 2:55pm

Auckland fuel crisis gets political

19 Sep 17, 2:28pm

The Sheep Deer and Cattle Report

19 Sep 17, 12:25pm

Farm sales affected by rain. Slump in lifestyle block sales in Auckland: REINZ

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