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A taxing year looms

18 Feb 19, 9:55am

Terry Baucher

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Terry Baucher looks ahead at a big year for taxation, Inland Revenue, and its 'customers'
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The pain of Mycoplasma bovis is not being shared fairly

18 Feb 19, 8:38am

Keith Woodford

Keith Woodford describes how anger is mounting again amongst Mycoplasma bovis farmers and how some are in dire trouble. The official information flow lacks transparency as to what is really happening
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Swimming against the tide

18 Feb 19, 8:25am

Roger J Kerr

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Roger J Kerr says the 'reef fish' are still with us in the foreign exchange market and they've been forced to hastily swim back the other way
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NZDUSD opens at 0.6855

18 Feb 19, 8:19am

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The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Monday, February 18, 2019
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Risk assets performed well

18 Feb 19, 7:49am

Jason Wong

US government shutdown averted and more positive vibes on US-China trade developments; commodity currencies outperformed alongside GBP, while US and European equities made decent gains; global rates were flat on Friday
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Innovation for consumers still the key

18 Feb 19, 7:44am

Guy Trafford

Guy Trafford finds that innovation in markets we don't have a cultural affinity for is possible, despite Fonterra's China mis-steps - and it will essential to capture better returns for producers
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90 seconds at 9 am: US risk rally rolls on

18 Feb 19, 7:26am

David Chaston

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US equities rally despite a raft of poor data; Canada house sales up; Bill Gates wants capital gains taxes; China lending rises sharply; UST 10yr 2.66%; oil holds and gold up; NZ$1 = 68.6 USc; TWI-5 = 73.2
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TSB to match the lowest 1-year mortgage offer from the Aussie owned banks

17 Feb 19, 12:02am

David Chaston

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TSB pledges to match any advertised one-year home loan lending rate from NZ's big four Australian owned banks
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Improved, but warning remains

16 Feb 19, 10:02am

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens says there are still issues with new migration numbers even after some major revisions
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What will succeed GDP?

16 Feb 19, 9:46am

Guest

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GDP's successor will need to be compelling and tell a persuasive story, consistent with experience, of what is happening in our economies. Wellbeing may not be it, but wealth might be says Diane Coyle
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Auditor-General audit shines light on local government debt and costs

16 Feb 19, 9:31am

Stephen Forbes

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Auditor General notes growing debts and rising costs at councils as they grapple with issues including population growth and climate change
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Trade power goes with military power

16 Feb 19, 9:16am

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson of Mauldin Economics says the assumption that the US has the military upper hand on China is just that - an assumption - and no one really knows if it is true, though some of the signs aren’t good
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Weekend briefing: Momentum's fickle trends

16 Feb 19, 8:46am

David Chaston

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US industrial production drops; trade talk expectations rise; Canada home sales up; China debt balloons, China inflation falls; AU housing risks; UST 10yr 2.67%; oil and gold up; NZ$1 = 68.5 USc; TWI-5 = 73.2
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Sales rate of around a third at Auckland auctions

16 Feb 19, 7:19am

Greg Ninness

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Apartment buildings with remediation and seismic strength issues didn't deter investors who were prepared to take a punt at the latest apartment auctions
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What happened Friday

15 Feb 19, 3:59pm

David Chaston

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A review of things you need to know before you go home on Friday; some rate changes, dairy prices rise, migration data update, PMIs soft, swap rates fall, NZD rises, & more
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China is about to test us

15 Feb 19, 12:44pm

David Chaston

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We look at what we have at risk in trade and economic exposure to China as they ramp up economic and political pressure on us to join its world view on trade and 'friendly relations'
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Net gain from migration estimated at 48,300 in 2018

15 Feb 19, 11:22am

Greg Ninness

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December's migration gain was bigger than December 2017 but the annual trend is still down
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This week's guest Top 5

15 Feb 19, 10:00am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang on the latest happenings surrounding China, including the inevitable slowdown, a call for more investments and imports, keeping multinationals on their toes, the new e-commerce law and the new tech ambitions
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Making New Zealand banks great again

15 Feb 19, 9:41am

Martien Lubberink

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Martien Lubberink probes the governance of the Reserve Bank's proposals to increase bank capital, noting the proposals are as simplistic as they are Trumpian
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Government to set up Real Estate Panel of agents to sell KiwiBuild homes

15 Feb 19, 9:30am

Greg Ninness

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Contracts to sell thousands of KiwiBuild homes could be available to real estate agents that participate in the Government's Real Estate Panel process
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15 Feb 19, 9:07am

NZDUSD opens at 0.6836

15 Feb 19, 8:34am

NZD outperforms, local rates up

15 Feb 19, 7:46am

90 seconds at 9 am: Who thought that dinner was a good idea?

15 Feb 19, 7:45am

Government's beneficial ownership register a slow burner

15 Feb 19, 5:00am

Optimists outnumbered pessimists in ASB Housing Confidence Survey

14 Feb 19, 4:25pm

Auckland ferry terminal upgrade hit with cost blow-out and questions