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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

The never a dull moment NZ$ report
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including a Greek deal (sort of), more British money printing and a surprise RBA decision
10th Feb 12, 7:16pm
by Bernard Hickey
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including a Greek deal (sort of), more British money printing and a surprise RBA decision
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Wang Lijun's 'vacation style treatment'; Globalisation's profound failure; Ageing Asia means bonds beat stocks; Clarke and Dawe
10th Feb 12, 11:33am
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Wang Lijun's 'vacation style treatment'; Globalisation's profound failure; Ageing Asia means bonds beat stocks; Clarke and Dawe
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greece agrees to austerity deal, but donors still nervous; China stimulus less likely despite export slump; Bank of England prints again
10th Feb 12, 8:33am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greece agrees to austerity deal, but donors still nervous; China stimulus less likely despite export slump; Bank of England prints again
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The mathematics of growth for cities and companies; How 0% rates are numbing investors and economies into zombiedom; IRS on the warpath
9th Feb 12, 1:09pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The mathematics of growth for cities and companies; How 0% rates are numbing investors and economies into zombiedom; IRS on the warpath
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: SFO investigating Bullion Buyers as customers report money missing; Greeks fail to do debt deal as paper work missing; Germans post record exports
9th Feb 12, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: SFO investigating Bullion Buyers as customers report money missing; Greeks fail to do debt deal as paper work missing; Germans post record exports
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Finally an RBA board member hates a high A$; Latin America fights back in currency wars; Afghanistan's hopelessness; What Germans really think; Dilbert
8th Feb 12, 11:11am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Finally an RBA board member hates a high A$; Latin America fights back in currency wars; Afghanistan's hopelessness; What Germans really think; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ and US stocks firm on hopes for Greek rescue deal; Fitch warns of China hard landing; A$ up after surprise RBA rate hold
8th Feb 12, 8:42am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ and US stocks firm on hopes for Greek rescue deal; Fitch warns of China hard landing; A$ up after surprise RBA rate hold
Home loan affordability better in Dec
Roost Mortgage Brokers Home Loan Affordability report shows improvement in December for most regions as prices dip; 1st home buyers keen
7th Feb 12, 4:04pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Roost Mortgage Brokers Home Loan Affordability report shows improvement in December for most regions as prices dip; 1st home buyers keen
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: An Australian casino's drug and sex scandal; The pain of austerity in Spain; Thai floods worsen reinsurer losses; Inequality and poverty in Auckland; Dilbert
7th Feb 12, 11:11am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: An Australian casino's drug and sex scandal; The pain of austerity in Spain; Thai floods worsen reinsurer losses; Inequality and poverty in Auckland; Dilbert
The never a dull moment report
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including fears of a Greek default, talk of US and European money printing and an Australian rate cut
7th Feb 12, 8:42am
by Bernard Hickey
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including fears of a Greek default, talk of US and European money printing and an Australian rate cut
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greeks fail to meet deadline for new austerity plan; Germans warn of Greek bankruptcy; NZ$ down after US jobs bounce; RBA set to cut
7th Feb 12, 8:22am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greeks fail to meet deadline for new austerity plan; Germans warn of Greek bankruptcy; NZ$ down after US jobs bounce; RBA set to cut
Beggared by our neighbours
Bernard Hickey points to the enormous game of musical chairs in the currency markets. He thinks the last one to print and devalue is the loser. Your view?
5th Feb 12, 12:05pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey points to the enormous game of musical chairs in the currency markets. He thinks the last one to print and devalue is the loser. Your view?
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: 180 jobs at risk as exporter Criterion Furniture put into receivership; China says may help Europe; Fed's Evans eyes more QE
3rd Feb 12, 9:06am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: 180 jobs at risk as exporter Criterion Furniture put into receivership; China says may help Europe; Fed's Evans eyes more QE
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Cash in their Italian undies; The age of deleveraging; Money stuck in a liquidity-trap-mattress; How corporatism killed capitalism; Dilbert
2nd Feb 12, 2:43pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Cash in their Italian undies; The age of deleveraging; Money stuck in a liquidity-trap-mattress; How corporatism killed capitalism; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ hits 5 mth high of 83.5 USc as risk appetites return after good Chinese, US factory data; Dairy auction robust; Facebook float excites
2nd Feb 12, 9:04am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ hits 5 mth high of 83.5 USc as risk appetites return after good Chinese, US factory data; Dairy auction robust; Facebook float excites
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:Why the lights are going out in Athens; Britain's 100 mln pound house; Hong Kong house prices to fall 25%; 'I fired Greenspan'; Dilbert
1st Feb 12, 6:18pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint:Why the lights are going out in Athens; Britain's 100 mln pound house; Hong Kong house prices to fall 25%; 'I fired Greenspan'; Dilbert
Listings drop despite warmer market
Listings and asking prices on Realestate.co.nz drop in January despite warmer market; inventories also fall, suggesting sellers' market
1st Feb 12, 9:25am
by Bernard Hickey
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Listings and asking prices on Realestate.co.nz drop in January despite warmer market; inventories also fall, suggesting sellers' market
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greek crisis deepens as default nears; EU nations agree budget deal; US consumer confidence slumps; US house prices down
1st Feb 12, 8:52am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Greek crisis deepens as default nears; EU nations agree budget deal; US consumer confidence slumps; US house prices down
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The Baltic Dry slumps; A credit squeeze in Asia and Australia; Christchurch's revolt; Auckland rental panic; America's manufactured malaise; Dilbert
31st Jan 12, 5:07pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The Baltic Dry slumps; A credit squeeze in Asia and Australia; Christchurch's revolt; Auckland rental panic; America's manufactured malaise; Dilbert
Rob Fyfe resigns as Air NZ CEO
BusinessDesk: Rob Fyfe resigns as Air NZ CEO ahead of selldown of government stake; Chairman cites very strong internal candidates
31st Jan 12, 11:45am
by Bernard Hickey
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BusinessDesk: Rob Fyfe resigns as Air NZ CEO ahead of selldown of government stake; Chairman cites very strong internal candidates
NZX appoints Weldon replacement
NZX appoints Singapore-based NZer Tim Bennett as CEO to replace Mark Weldon; Bennett a former BCG Asian strategy boss
31st Jan 12, 9:33am
by Bernard Hickey
NZX appoints Singapore-based NZer Tim Bennett as CEO to replace Mark Weldon; Bennett a former BCG Asian strategy boss
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: France sets unilateral Robin Hood tax; Stocks fall on growing Euro nerves as Greek deal talks drag on; Air NZ CEO Rob Fyfe to go?
31st Jan 12, 8:47am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: France sets unilateral Robin Hood tax; Stocks fall on growing Euro nerves as Greek deal talks drag on; Air NZ CEO Rob Fyfe to go?
Meet the RBNZ Governor candidates
Opinion: Bernard Hickey surveys the potential candidates to replace Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard and wonders if a new Governor might change things
30th Jan 12, 2:26pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey surveys the potential candidates to replace Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard and wonders if a new Governor might change things
Stage an intervention
When is someone going to stage an intervention to shake us out of our trance? asks Bernard Hickey. Your view?
29th Jan 12, 2:31pm
by Bernard Hickey
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When is someone going to stage an intervention to shake us out of our trance? asks Bernard Hickey. Your view?
QE 'worth considering', says Bollard
RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard says quantitative easing or money printing is 'worth considering' when rates are close to 0%, but is hard to exit and results are unpredictable
27th Jan 12, 2:04pm
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard says quantitative easing or money printing is 'worth considering' when rates are close to 0%, but is hard to exit and results are unpredictable