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What is the problem with housing in New Zealand?
23 Apr 18, 5:18pm
Guest
23 comments
Tex Edwards cooks up a multi course recipe to improve housing affordability in New Zealand. With market failure more government involvement is required, he argues 
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What happened Monday
23 Apr 18, 3:59pm
David Chaston
3 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; Kiwibank cuts 1yr TD rate, farm & lifestyle block sales slip, S&P likes regulatory upgrade, new retirement tool, swap rates steepen, NZD holds
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Solving the liquidity puzzle
23 Apr 18, 3:02pm
David Chaston
We review the activity on the Sydnex market platform and track one transaction. Alternative asset investors need a transparent process to access liquidity
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ANZ says Government’s 20% debt target is ‘arbitrary’
23 Apr 18, 2:50pm
Jason Walls
15 comments
The country's biggest bank is suggesting New Zealand’s 'urgent' need for infrastructure outweighs the Government’s 'arbitrary [debt] target'
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Faafoi pushes for 'more momentum' on open banking
23 Apr 18, 1:46pm
Jenée Tibshraeny
Government pressures Payments NZ to have open banking technology and standards ready to go by the end of the year; says more competition will see banks and card companies lower merchant fees 
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Minimum wage hikes to have just small impact on inflation
23 Apr 18, 12:55pm
Jason Walls
4 comments
Although wage inflation is expected to bounce, the Government’s progressive increases to the minimum wage is not forecast to have a major impact on CPI, Westpac says
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Rural property market subdued, big drop in Auckland lifestyle blocks
23 Apr 18, 12:49pm
Greg Ninness
Sales of most types of rural property are down compared to a year ago, but finishing farm sales are up substantially
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The hot air escapes
23 Apr 18, 11:43am
Roger J Kerr
Roger J Kerr says the unwinding of speculative currency market positions is now threatening to send the Kiwi dollar lower still in the near term
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Tracking the dead cat bounce
23 Apr 18, 11:24am
Roger J Kerr
Roger J Kerr now sees it as less likely that business confidence is going to recover
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'Luxury houses' to be exempt from foreign buyer rules?
23 Apr 18, 10:42am
David Hargreaves
70 comments
The Government's coming under pressure to make changes and exemptions in its legislation barring offshore buyers from owning existing New Zealand houses
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Neither Faafoi nor Orr see a need for an NZ banking Royal Commission
23 Apr 18, 10:39am
Gareth Vaughan
28 comments
Despite the revelations from Australia's Financial Services Royal Commission going from bad to worse, don't expect the local offshoots of Australia's big banks to face the same scrutiny in NZ
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Are your retirement savings going to be enough?
23 Apr 18, 10:15am
David Chaston
10 comments
We launch a new tool to help you work out how long your retirement savings plan will cover your life after work
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USD outperforms
23 Apr 18, 8:24am
Dan Bell
The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Monday, April 23, 2018
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NZD the weakest currency in G10
23 Apr 18, 7:47am
Nick Smyth
The USD was stronger across the board for a second day running, Bloomberg DXY was around 0.5% higher; EUR fell below 1.23 on Friday, a two week low; commodity currencies were among the worst performers on Friday, with the NZD down almost 1%
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Equities fall, bond yields rise
23 Apr 18, 7:21am
Nick Smyth
Commodity price rises boost inflation expectations, in turn push bond yields up. Eyes on US corporate earnings. US-China trade tension risk seen easing
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90 seconds at 9 am: Higher oil prices, lower NZD
23 Apr 18, 7:16am
David Chaston
11 comments
Canada CPI rises; Mexico & the EU update trade deal; EU confidence higher; India bonds hit hard; China property lending up +20%; UST 10yr at 2.96%; oil unchanged and gold down; NZ$1 = 72.1 USc; TWI-5 = 73.5
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Big decision looms for Commerce & Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi
22 Apr 18, 5:45pm
Gareth Vaughan
The debate & lobbying over whether retail payments ought to be regulated in NZ bubbled to the surface again this week, with the ball slowly but surely moving firmly into the government's court
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'We need to have a more efficient, level playing field around tax'
22 Apr 18, 12:11pm
Jason Walls
54 comments
New RBNZ Governor says NZ has a 'very unusual tax situation and it reflects back into the banking sector' when asked about a Capital Gains Tax, sees no need for an NZ Royal Commission on banking
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Sorry IMF, but we need to close the door on foreign house buyers
22 Apr 18, 7:02am
Greg Ninness
107 comments
Greg Ninness takes a look at the concept of the RBNZ having a debt-to-income ratio tool and the Government banning foreign house buyers and says bring them both on
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Two cheers for Donald Trump
21 Apr 18, 11:43am
Guest
10 comments
Brian Davidson doesn't think much of Donald Trump, but he does like his policy approaches on massive stimulus, and tackling China on trade
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21 Apr 18, 10:22am
The great sag
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21 Apr 18, 10:05am
Divide and conquer tactics yet to sink the Government
46
21 Apr 18, 10:00am
Taxing tax avoidance
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21 Apr 18, 9:57am
At best, soils report is a wake up call
20
21 Apr 18, 9:01am
Weekend Briefing: The B&R underbelly
6
20 Apr 18, 4:36pm
Kiwibank goes long and lower
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20 Apr 18, 3:59pm
What happened Friday
5
20 Apr 18, 11:40am
Why synthetic meat could be the best thing to happen to us - part 2
6
20 Apr 18, 10:00am
This week's guest Top 10
11
20 Apr 18, 8:10am
NZ swaps curve steepens
20 Apr 18, 8:07am
NZDUSD opens at 0.7268
20 Apr 18, 8:00am
The slump in residential property sales may be bottoming out
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20 Apr 18, 7:43am
USD broadly stronger
20 Apr 18, 7:39am
90 seconds at 9 am: Eyes on yield curves
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20 Apr 18, 7:30am
Be selective when going for growth
10
19 Apr 18, 4:52pm
Robertson makes ‘no apologies’ for budget responsibility rules
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19 Apr 18, 4:00pm
Reforms needed to help RBNZ manage its regulatory obligations
19 Apr 18, 3:59pm
What happened Thursday
1
19 Apr 18, 3:12pm
Orr sees headwinds around transition away from fossil fuels
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19 Apr 18, 3:01pm
‘The most significant tax move in several years’
10
19 Apr 18, 2:09pm
NZ Govt Bond tender number 633 results
19 Apr 18, 11:59am
Name suppression issue dominates early skirmishes in FMA court case
19 Apr 18, 11:41am
A trade tutorial for Trump
1
19 Apr 18, 11:02am
Inflation up 0.5% in the March quarter, 1.1% for the year
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19 Apr 18, 10:59am
Round-up of 2018 law changes
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