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Bernard Hickey

About

Bernard is back as a senior contributor on interest.co.nz. Until September 30, 2012 he was the managing editor here. He had previously worked for 18 years for Reuters, the FT Group and Fairfax as a financial journalist and editor. He is now the publisher of The Kaka.

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15 years 7 months

Latest articles

A perfectly unhealthy storm
Bernard Hickey highlights the major unsettling choices we will need to make soon on healthcare because we will be unable to afford our current system
23rd Sep 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey highlights the major unsettling choices we will need to make soon on healthcare because we will be unable to afford our current system
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: US vs Brazil in round 2 of the currency wars; How the IMF, the WTO, the Fed and the ECB could intervene to stop the currency wars; China slower for longer; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
21st Sep 12, 7:46pm
by Bernard Hickey
25
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: US vs Brazil in round 2 of the currency wars; How the IMF, the WTO, the Fed and the ECB could intervene to stop the currency wars; China slower for longer; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: An oily flash crash; Caught between the devil and the ECB; China may dump Japanese bonds in act of economic warfare; Fat cat pictures; Dilbert
20th Sep 12, 9:36am
by Bernard Hickey
32
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: An oily flash crash; Caught between the devil and the ECB; China may dump Japanese bonds in act of economic warfare; Fat cat pictures; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Japan prints more
90 seconds at 9 am: Bank of Japan increases money printing plan to US$1 trln, but not enough to push down yen; NZ$ firm vs A$, US$, yen; Oil price falls 3.5%; NZ GDP seen up 0.4%
20th Sep 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
19
90 seconds at 9 am: Bank of Japan increases money printing plan to US$1 trln, but not enough to push down yen; NZ$ firm vs A$, US$, yen; Oil price falls 3.5%; NZ GDP seen up 0.4%
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why are ze Germans zo grumpy?; Exodus of tax avoidance cash from Swiss banks begins; Britain's lost decade to come; Unclothed Royals; 'Tax cuts just cut economic growth'; Dilbert
19th Sep 12, 12:15pm
by Bernard Hickey
49
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why are ze Germans zo grumpy?; Exodus of tax avoidance cash from Swiss banks begins; Britain's lost decade to come; Unclothed Royals; 'Tax cuts just cut economic growth'; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Powder prices up
90 seconds at 9 am: Milk powder prices up further 2.4%; US stocks down after FedEx profit warning; Calls grow for Spanish bailout as bonds rise over 6%; Chinese riots reignite
19th Sep 12, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
22
90 seconds at 9 am: Milk powder prices up further 2.4%; US stocks down after FedEx profit warning; Calls grow for Spanish bailout as bonds rise over 6%; Chinese riots reignite
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Occupy Wall St's Debt Resistors' Operations Manual; 'You are not a loan'; Too ashamed to revolt?; 'The hapless David Shearer'; Ghost steel warehouses; Dilbert
18th Sep 12, 10:06am
by Bernard Hickey
41
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Occupy Wall St's Debt Resistors' Operations Manual; 'You are not a loan'; Too ashamed to revolt?; 'The hapless David Shearer'; Ghost steel warehouses; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese riots
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks fall after European finance ministers fail to agree on bailout and banking union plans; Japanese factories closing in China after anti-Japanese riots
18th Sep 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
19
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks fall after European finance ministers fail to agree on bailout and banking union plans; Japanese factories closing in China after anti-Japanese riots
PwC buys Asia Pacific Risk Management
PwC to buy Roger J Kerr's Asia Pacific Risk Management for undisclosed amount; principals to become PwC partners
17th Sep 12, 9:34pm
by Bernard Hickey
12
PwC to buy Roger J Kerr's Asia Pacific Risk Management for undisclosed amount; principals to become PwC partners
Never a dull moment for the NZ$
HiFX's Dan Bell looks at the NZ$'s surge over 83 USc after the US Federal Reserve unleashes QE Infinity; NZ$ also firm vs Aussie dollar as 'Lucky Country' loses its luck
17th Sep 12, 9:10pm
by Bernard Hickey
1
HiFX's Dan Bell looks at the NZ$'s surge over 83 USc after the US Federal Reserve unleashes QE Infinity; NZ$ also firm vs Aussie dollar as 'Lucky Country' loses its luck
90 seconds at 9 am: The fallout
90 seconds at 9 am: Hong Kong announces new property curbs to slow property bubble post QE III; Japanese factories torched in Chinese riots; Spain closer to bailout, but protests grow
17th Sep 12, 8:20am
by Bernard Hickey
28
90 seconds at 9 am: Hong Kong announces new property curbs to slow property bubble post QE III; Japanese factories torched in Chinese riots; Spain closer to bailout, but protests grow
To infinity and beyond
Bernard Hickey wonders why New Zealand is not printing money and thinks we are being severely disadvantaged by not following the crowd. Your view?
16th Sep 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey wonders why New Zealand is not printing money and thinks we are being severely disadvantaged by not following the crowd. Your view?
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why China can't repeat the miracle investment surge of 2008; Peak Helium; Iva Badfeeling's love of potato peelings and the Global Financial Crisis
14th Sep 12, 3:35pm
by Bernard Hickey
30
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why China can't repeat the miracle investment surge of 2008; Peak Helium; Iva Badfeeling's love of potato peelings and the Global Financial Crisis
NZ$ spikes over 83 USc on QE Infinity
90 seconds at 9 am: US Federal Reserve announces unlimited money printing and bond buying to push jobless rate lower; Gold and oil prices spike; NZ$ jumps over 83 USc
14th Sep 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: US Federal Reserve announces unlimited money printing and bond buying to push jobless rate lower; Gold and oil prices spike; NZ$ jumps over 83 USc
My verdict on Alan Bollard's 10 years
Opinion: Bernard Hickey gives his verdict on Alan Bollard's 10 years as Reserve Bank Governor and wishes him well for good job (mostly) well done
13th Sep 12, 10:15am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey gives his verdict on Alan Bollard's 10 years as Reserve Bank Governor and wishes him well for good job (mostly) well done
RBNZ sees rates lower for longer
RBNZ holds OCR as expected at 2.5%; lowers 90 day bill rate forecast further 30-40 bps through late 2013, early 2014; says high NZ$ undermining exports
13th Sep 12, 9:07am
by Bernard Hickey
25
RBNZ holds OCR as expected at 2.5%; lowers 90 day bill rate forecast further 30-40 bps through late 2013, early 2014; says high NZ$ undermining exports
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Gerry Brownlee 'sick and tired of the whingers and moaners' in ChCh; TC3 residents in ChCh at their wits end with insurers; Bundesbank revolt catches on in Germany; Dilbert
12th Sep 12, 7:51pm
by Bernard Hickey
20
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Gerry Brownlee 'sick and tired of the whingers and moaners' in ChCh; TC3 residents in ChCh at their wits end with insurers; Bundesbank revolt catches on in Germany; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: On QE watch
90 seconds at 9 am: Dow up 0.5% to near 5 year high on hopes Fed will stimulate more; NZ$ at 81.8 USc and near 73 on TWI; Eyes ahead to Euro ruling, RBNZ meeting, Fed decision
12th Sep 12, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Dow up 0.5% to near 5 year high on hopes Fed will stimulate more; NZ$ at 81.8 USc and near 73 on TWI; Eyes ahead to Euro ruling, RBNZ meeting, Fed decision
Fitch affirms NZ's AA credit rating
Fitch affirms NZ's sovereign credit rating at AA; sees Govt unlikely to meet target of budget surplus of 2014/15; sees surplus more likely in 2015/16; not a problem for rating
11th Sep 12, 9:02pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Fitch affirms NZ's sovereign credit rating at AA; sees Govt unlikely to meet target of budget surplus of 2014/15; sees surplus more likely in 2015/16; not a problem for rating
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Where is Xi Jingping?; How low rates are killing defined benefit pension funds; Neo-classical emperors without clothes; China's unicorn stimulus; Dilbert
11th Sep 12, 8:19pm
by Bernard Hickey
11
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Where is Xi Jingping?; How low rates are killing defined benefit pension funds; Neo-classical emperors without clothes; China's unicorn stimulus; Dilbert
Haier bids NZ$1.20/shr for FPA
China's Haier bids NZ$1.20 a share in cash for remaining 80% of Fisher and Paykel Appliances' shares; 60% above pre-bid prices; says Allan Gray Australia has accepted bid
11th Sep 12, 7:41pm
by Bernard Hickey
13
China's Haier bids NZ$1.20 a share in cash for remaining 80% of Fisher and Paykel Appliances' shares; 60% above pre-bid prices; says Allan Gray Australia has accepted bid
The Troika's trip to Dargaville
Opinion: Kaipara District Council's bid to join centralised borrowing authority raises the risk that Mangawhai becomes the Athens of the North
9th Sep 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Kaipara District Council's bid to join centralised borrowing authority raises the risk that Mangawhai becomes the Athens of the North
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Breaking an 80 year old social contract; Why China's nearly-naked Ferrari crash matters; Why Super Mario's Big Bazooka won't solve Europe's austerity trap; Clarke and Dawe
7th Sep 12, 12:32pm
by Bernard Hickey
60
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Breaking an 80 year old social contract; Why China's nearly-naked Ferrari crash matters; Why Super Mario's Big Bazooka won't solve Europe's austerity trap; Clarke and Dawe
90 seconds at 9 am: Big Bazooka here
90 seconds at 9 am: ECB unveils Big Bazooka to try to solve Euro-zone crisis with unlimited bond buying; Bundesbank objects but over-ruled; Stocks rally; NZ$ back up to 80.2 USc
7th Sep 12, 8:23am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: ECB unveils Big Bazooka to try to solve Euro-zone crisis with unlimited bond buying; Bundesbank objects but over-ruled; Stocks rally; NZ$ back up to 80.2 USc
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Bill Gross sees returns and rates 'lower for longer'; US hedge funds to start advertising to public; How Melbournians are deleveraging; Financial hurricane season; Dilbert
6th Sep 12, 11:38am
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Bill Gross sees returns and rates 'lower for longer'; US hedge funds to start advertising to public; How Melbournians are deleveraging; Financial hurricane season; Dilbert