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Disruption, concentration, and the New Economy
20 Jan 19, 10:35am
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Raghuram Rajan says a key question is whether central bankers can win back the public’s confidence, maintain economic stability, and now find ways to accommodate widespread technological disruptions
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The tax advantages of residential property relative to other asset classes
20 Jan 19, 8:47am
Andrew Coleman
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Andrew Coleman finds that rental property investors get a sizeable tax advantage because they can deduct the inflation component of interest payments
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Engineers of the soul
20 Jan 19, 6:02am
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John Garnaut takes a deep look at what drives China and "what Australia needs to know about ideology in Xi Jinping's China"
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KiwiBuild not costing us, yet...
19 Jan 19, 9:00am
Jenée Tibshraeny
43 comments
Why five months into the 2019 financial year none of the $90 million Treasury had set aside for KiwiBuild had been touched
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What next for global trade?
19 Jan 19, 8:54am
Guest
In 2018 Donald Trump finally turned his protectionist words into action by imposing sweeping tariffs on imports from allies and adversaries alike. While the use of tariffs to protect domestic industry is not new, attacks on the larger trading system are
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'America must face reality on China'
19 Jan 19, 8:27am
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A Beijing professor says a catastrophic outcome in the China-US trade relationship is unlikely, so long as the US faces facts. They must recognise that trying to contain China economically will not solve their problems at home
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Weekend Briefing: Markets upbeat, consumers gloomy
19 Jan 19, 8:01am
David Chaston
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Wall Street rises strongly on China trade hopes; Fed more cautious; US consumers even more cautious; Fitch sees good 2019 growth; ATO warns on SMSF risks; UST 10yr 2.79%; oil rises and gold drops; NZ$1 = 67.5 USc; TWI-5 = 71.7
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What happened Friday
18 Jan 19, 3:59pm
David Chaston
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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; Westpac cuts mortgage rate, factory PMIs rise, petrol prices fall, NZ #1 in Aussie, swaps rise, NZD holds, & more
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KiwiBuild boss resigns; No comment from Twyford
18 Jan 19, 1:57pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
43 comments
KiwiBuild head Stephen Barclay hands in 'immediately effective' resignation; Minister Phil Twyford can't comment because it's an 'employment issue'
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Transport’s dirty little secret: The truckers breaking the law just to survive
18 Jan 19, 1:26pm
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The Spinoff's Maria Slade looks at a new study from which the evidence suggests the trucking industry is in a race to the bottom
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Taxing capital income in New Zealand: An international perspective
18 Jan 19, 12:59pm
Andrew Coleman
35 comments
Andrew Coleman probes whether New Zealand’s productivity performance has been adversely affected by the way capital income is taxed
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NZDUSD opens at 0.6786
18 Jan 19, 9:10am
Dan Bell
The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Friday, January 18, 2019
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NZD underperforms, local rates slightly higher
18 Jan 19, 8:10am
Nick Smyth
US equities have managed to inch a little higher overnight; NZD has underperformed again, as the market awaits CPI data next week; domestic rates ticked up yesterday, led by the front-end of the curve
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Breakfast Briefing: Doubts, cuts, falls, plus a few rises
18 Jan 19, 7:57am
David Chaston
28 comments
US data drought raises doubt; Canada starts mortgage rate cuts; EU inflation falls; OECD employment rises; China embraces RMBS; Aussie home lending falls; UST 10yr 2.73%; oil holds while gold slips; NZ$1 = 67.5 USc; TWI-5 = 71.6
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'May you live in interesting times'
17 Jan 19, 5:53pm
Guy Trafford
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Guy Trafford looks at what is on the dairy agenda at the start of the new year, on-farm, at the dairy companies, the weather, and in the trade arena
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Westpac cuts one-year mortgage rate to equal market low
17 Jan 19, 4:07pm
Gareth Vaughan
25 comments
Westpac reduces one-year mortgage rate 'special' by 16 basis points to 3.99%
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What happened Thursday
17 Jan 19, 3:59pm
David Chaston
27 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Thursday; one SBS TD change, a spluttering housing market, employment confidence rises, beneficiary numbers turn up, rents up, swaps low, NZD dips, & more
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NZ Govt Bond tender number 664 results
17 Jan 19, 2:11pm
Suraj Varma
NZ Govt Bond Tender #664; weighted average yield accepted was 2.27%; coverage ratio was 1.59x
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Brexit can't see NZ left worse off - Jacinda Ardern to tell Theresa May
17 Jan 19, 12:45pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
26 comments
Ardern and Robertson to make 'timely' trip to Europe to progress free trade agreements and promote NZ's Wellbeing Budget
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Auckland housing market softness could stretch on for several years
17 Jan 19, 11:11am
David Chaston
88 comments
David Chaston says thanks to affordability limits being reached & a range of public policy changes, Auckland home owners ought to buckle in for a prolonged housing market funk 
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17 Jan 19, 9:33am
Brexit and the odour of imperial decay
59
17 Jan 19, 9:26am
December Auckland house sales volumes lowest in a decade
154
17 Jan 19, 7:54am
NZDUSD opens at 0.6786
17 Jan 19, 7:46am
Risk sentiment continues to gradually improve
17 Jan 19, 7:40am
Breakfast Briefing: The growth sag spreads
7
16 Jan 19, 4:49pm
Fitch predicts soft NZ house price growth
21
16 Jan 19, 4:48pm
Where will young farmers be trained?
14
16 Jan 19, 3:59pm
What happened Wednesday
29
16 Jan 19, 1:33pm
Merger partners lend money to loss making Aotearoa Credit Union
3
16 Jan 19, 11:43am
Retail sales growth dives in December, up just +0.9% year-on-year
29
16 Jan 19, 9:23am
New bank capital rules to slow expected OCR hikes a little - Westpac economists
11
16 Jan 19, 8:52am
How US monetary policy has tamed China
5
16 Jan 19, 8:15am
Risk sentiment improves further
16 Jan 19, 8:07am
British pounded
16 Jan 19, 7:46am
Breakfast Briefing: Data bleak, but markets up. Dairy shines
47
16 Jan 19, 5:00am
QV sees 'busy' property market in the early stages of 2019
69
15 Jan 19, 5:39pm
That was 2018 – now for 2019
2
15 Jan 19, 3:59pm
What happened Tuesday
14
15 Jan 19, 1:09pm
Wages are still the key
6
15 Jan 19, 11:15am
5+ a day is cheaper
5
15 Jan 19, 11:05am
Businesses less gloomy, not more happy
34
15 Jan 19, 9:50am
Let’s get real about purpose
21
15 Jan 19, 8:06am
Renewed concerns about global growth
1
15 Jan 19, 8:01am
Risk-linked currencies slip
15 Jan 19, 7:41am
Breakfast Briefing: That sinking feeling
6
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