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90 seconds at 9 am: IMF warns on growth
22 Jan 19, 7:23am
David Chaston
Equities in remarkable about-turn; China growth sags; IMF trims 2019 world growth forecasts; iron ore prices rally; UST 10yr at 2.79%; oil unchanged, gold down; NZ$1 = 67.3 USc; TWI-5 = 71.6
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Part 1 of a three part series on bank capital
22 Jan 19, 5:00am
Gareth Vaughan
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Against the backdrop of the RBNZ's review of bank capital requirements, Gareth Vaughan explains how bank capital rules were liberalised for NZ's big 4 banks in 2008
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What happened Monday
21 Jan 19, 3:59pm
David Chaston
12 comments
A review of things you need to know before you go home on Monday; no rate changes, Wellington day off, China in minor easing, investors positive, Kiwis expecting trouble, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
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Average Auckland rents rose 3.28% last year says Barfoot & Thompson
21 Jan 19, 1:48pm
Greg Ninness
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Barfoot and Thompson says the rate of residential rent increases in Auckland declined steadily throughout 2018
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The value of capital stock & real estate in NZ
21 Jan 19, 12:47pm
Andrew Coleman
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Andrew Coleman looks at the value of capital stock & real estate in NZ as we continue coverage of his paper on an international perspective of taxing capital income in NZ
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What might Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tax proposal mean in practice?
21 Jan 19, 12:01pm
Patrick Watson
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Mauldin Economics' Patrick Watson looks at what a tax proposal from a high profile new US Democrat could potentially mean for asset prices
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Big savings seen for banks in possible mortgage broker pay changes
21 Jan 19, 9:23am
Gareth Vaughan
Credit Suisse says potential for Royal Commission to recommend changes to mortgage broker remuneration could be lucrative for Aussie banks
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NZDUSD opens at 0.6751
21 Jan 19, 8:09am
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The Opening Bell: Where currencies start on Monday, January 21, 2019
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Global risks subside, but Kiwi gets no benefit
21 Jan 19, 7:50am
Roger J Kerr
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Roger J Kerr says the NZD isn't rising on improving global risk tolerance, and upcoming inflation figures will be key to the Kiwi's direction
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90 seconds at 9 am: 2019 dawns brighter
21 Jan 19, 7:13am
David Chaston
17 comments
Equities up; Fed resets normalisation;US sentiment drops; Vancouver housing taxes cause outrage; Hong Kong house prices fall; TPP wants to expand; UST 10yr at 2.79%; oil up, gold down; NZ$1 = 67.3 USc; TWI-5 = 71.7
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Disruption, concentration, and the New Economy
20 Jan 19, 10:35am
Guest
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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
Guest
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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
58 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
Guest
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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
6 comments
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
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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
Guest
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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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18 Jan 19, 12:59pm
Taxing capital income in New Zealand: An international perspective
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18 Jan 19, 9:10am
NZDUSD opens at 0.6786
18 Jan 19, 8:10am
NZD underperforms, local rates slightly higher
18 Jan 19, 7:57am
Breakfast Briefing: Doubts, cuts, falls, plus a few rises
28
17 Jan 19, 5:53pm
'May you live in interesting times'
1
17 Jan 19, 4:07pm
Westpac cuts one-year mortgage rate to equal market low
25
17 Jan 19, 3:59pm
What happened Thursday
27
17 Jan 19, 2:11pm
NZ Govt Bond tender number 664 results
17 Jan 19, 12:45pm
Brexit can't see NZ left worse off - Jacinda Ardern to tell Theresa May
26
17 Jan 19, 11:11am
Auckland housing market softness could stretch on for several years
88
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
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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
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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
4
16 Jan 19, 11:43am
Retail sales growth dives in December, up just +0.9% year-on-year
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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
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