Bernard Hickey

Bernard's Top 10 at 10: The story behind 'The Big Short'; Why China's credit-fueled boom is not working; How China's capital could exit US$50,000 at a time; The 'big switch' in China is not working; Maybe the Luddites were right this time; Clarke and Dawe

Bernard's Top 10 at 10: The story behind 'The Big Short'; Why China's credit-fueled boom is not working; How China's capital could exit US$50,000 at a time; The 'big switch' in China is not working; Maybe the Luddites were right this time; Clarke and Dawe

NZIER's QSBO shows rebound from four year lows in December quarter; businesses increase hiring and a few push through price increases; capacity utilisation rises to second highest on record

NZIER's QSBO shows rebound from four year lows in December quarter; businesses increase hiring and a few push through price increases; capacity utilisation rises to second highest on record

Bernard Hickey picks out the five most important numbers for the New Zealand economy in 2015 that explain the dairy slump, the housing boom and an amazing jump in tourism

Bernard Hickey picks out the five most important numbers for the New Zealand economy in 2015 that explain the dairy slump, the housing boom and an amazing jump in tourism

Auckland Council releases maps proposing new more dense housing developments on public transport routes & near town centres; hopes it can close shortfall of up to 100k houses on previous zoning rules

Auckland Council releases maps proposing new more dense housing developments on public transport routes & near town centres; hopes it can close shortfall of up to 100k houses on previous zoning rules

GDP up 0.9% in Sept qtr and up 2.3% from year ago as services, cow culling surge; Real Gross National Disposable Income per capita down 0.4% for year after 1.8% rise in population and weaker terms of trade

GDP up 0.9% in Sept qtr and up 2.3% from year ago as services, cow culling surge; Real Gross National Disposable Income per capita down 0.4% for year after 1.8% rise in population and weaker terms of trade

Bernard's Top 10: How QE doesn't work; 100% tax on British landlords; China's 'faked' economic growth; Finland's Universal Basic Income experiment; Switzerland's debate over who creates money; Clarke and Dawe interview Copernicus

Bernard's Top 10: How QE doesn't work; 100% tax on British landlords; China's 'faked' economic growth; Finland's Universal Basic Income experiment; Switzerland's debate over who creates money; Clarke and Dawe interview Copernicus

Budget forecast to dip back into deficit in 2015/16; Govt increases capital spending by NZ$1 bln; English drops hard surplus target & more

Budget forecast to dip back into deficit in 2015/16; Govt increases capital spending by NZ$1 bln; English drops hard surplus target & more

Bernard Hickey looks at whether to fix or float and how long to fix after the Reserve Bank says it has stopped cutting interest rates

Bernard Hickey looks at whether to fix or float and how long to fix after the Reserve Bank says it has stopped cutting interest rates

Bernard Hickey criticises the Government's U-Turn on criminalising cartels and calls for it to adopt some Australian-style mongrel when it comes to monopolies and cartels

Bernard Hickey criticises the Government's U-Turn on criminalising cartels and calls for it to adopt some Australian-style mongrel when it comes to monopolies and cartels

RBNZ Governor suggests Government could help boost productive capacity of economy, lift economic activity and inflation pressures by spending more on infrastructure in Auckland

RBNZ Governor suggests Government could help boost productive capacity of economy, lift economic activity and inflation pressures by spending more on infrastructure in Auckland

RBNZ cuts to 2.5% as most expected; leaves interest rate track forecast unchanged; lowers inflation track forecast; cites clause in targets agreement on financial stability in arguing why it won't cut again

RBNZ cuts to 2.5% as most expected; leaves interest rate track forecast unchanged; lowers inflation track forecast; cites clause in targets agreement on financial stability in arguing why it won't cut again

Bernard's Top 10: The rise and rise of the robots; Will jobs be created faster than they're destroyed?; Is this time different?; 'Bibbity bobbity bots to care for the elderly; Clarke and Dawe

Bernard's Top 10: The rise and rise of the robots; Will jobs be created faster than they're destroyed?; Is this time different?; 'Bibbity bobbity bots to care for the elderly; Clarke and Dawe

Treasury reports Budget deficit before gains and losses in four months to Oct of NZ$478 mln, which was NZ$687 mln better than expected due to better corporate taxes and ACC results

Treasury reports Budget deficit before gains and losses in four months to Oct of NZ$478 mln, which was NZ$687 mln better than expected due to better corporate taxes and ACC results

PM unveils 'surgical' cabinet reshuffle with Judith Collins back in and Tim Groser off to the US

PM unveils 'surgical' cabinet reshuffle with Judith Collins back in and Tim Groser off to the US

Bernard Hickey says the collapse in home-ownership rates among families formed since 1991 is an unfolding disaster for NZ's economy, our society and the Government's finances

Bernard Hickey says the collapse in home-ownership rates among families formed since 1991 is an unfolding disaster for NZ's economy, our society and the Government's finances

English sees little advantage in changing Reserve Bank's Policy Targets Agreement from pure inflation targeting to targeting nominal GDP, as proposed in NZIER paper

English sees little advantage in changing Reserve Bank's Policy Targets Agreement from pure inflation targeting to targeting nominal GDP, as proposed in NZIER paper

Smith defends Government spending NZ$29 million on subsidies for Weymouth housing project when speculators pocketed big gains by selling houses within five weeks; New buyers have to hold for 3 years

Smith defends Government spending NZ$29 million on subsidies for Weymouth housing project when speculators pocketed big gains by selling houses within five weeks; New buyers have to hold for 3 years

Salvation Army warns falling home-ownership rate will see renting baby-boomers struggling in retirement

Salvation Army warns falling home-ownership rate will see renting baby-boomers struggling in retirement

Andrew Little promotes key Auckland MPs Phil Twyford and Jacinda Ardern in shadow cabinet reshuffle; Davis, Nash and Salesa also bumped up; Cunliffe, Goff and Mallard demoted and out of shadow cabinet

Andrew Little promotes key Auckland MPs Phil Twyford and Jacinda Ardern in shadow cabinet reshuffle; Davis, Nash and Salesa also bumped up; Cunliffe, Goff and Mallard demoted and out of shadow cabinet

Bernard Hickey argues Infratil and the Wellington Council should take the risk of investing NZ$300 mln to extend the Wellington Airport, not the region's ratepayers and the nation's taxpayers in general

Bernard Hickey argues Infratil and the Wellington Council should take the risk of investing NZ$300 mln to extend the Wellington Airport, not the region's ratepayers and the nation's taxpayers in general

Smith finally tables RMA reform after doing deal with Maori Party; National fails to get section 6 & 7 reform to focus on economic development

Smith finally tables RMA reform after doing deal with Maori Party; National fails to get section 6 & 7 reform to focus on economic development

Bernard Hickey asks why the talkback lines aren't running hot over the NZ$11,700 subsidy paid each year to every one of the Remuera Golf Club's members (including John Key) by Auckland Council ratepayers

Bernard Hickey asks why the talkback lines aren't running hot over the NZ$11,700 subsidy paid each year to every one of the Remuera Golf Club's members (including John Key) by Auckland Council ratepayers

Bernard's Top 10: Ready for another taper tantrum?; Why steel prices are slumping; The strange decline of global trade; Will wages and jobs recover as the robots take over?; Techno-delfation may keep rates low; Clarke and Dawe

Bernard's Top 10: Ready for another taper tantrum?; Why steel prices are slumping; The strange decline of global trade; Will wages and jobs recover as the robots take over?; Techno-delfation may keep rates low; Clarke and Dawe

Salvation Army survey finds 568 children living in cars, garages, campervans and motels in Auckland; it calls for Govt to build 1,000 new social houses a year for 10 years; wants housing for kids as right in law

Salvation Army survey finds 568 children living in cars, garages, campervans and motels in Auckland; it calls for Govt to build 1,000 new social houses a year for 10 years; wants housing for kids as right in law

Bernard Hickey finds more than a quarter of landlords have loans worth more than seven times income. No wonder the Reserve Bank may have to resort to limiting those multiples

Bernard Hickey finds more than a quarter of landlords have loans worth more than seven times income. No wonder the Reserve Bank may have to resort to limiting those multiples