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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 6 months

Latest articles

Consumers miss out on big price cuts
Bernard Hickey says the government is hoping households and voters won't notice the impact of some big decisions that favour Chorus and Meridian
11th Aug 13, 6:58am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says the government is hoping households and voters won't notice the impact of some big decisions that favour Chorus and Meridian
Friday's Top 10
Friday's Top 10: When focus is a bad thing; By Hukou or by crook; The true cost of smokers; Fonterra and the grim reaper of China; Theo Speirings' Taiwan gaffe; A hoarding problem; Dilbert
9th Aug 13, 2:05pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10: When focus is a bad thing; By Hukou or by crook; The true cost of smokers; Fonterra and the grim reaper of China; Theo Speirings' Taiwan gaffe; A hoarding problem; Dilbert
Thursday's Top 10
Thursday's Top 10: Why Tiwai Pt is toast; Deregulation and botulism; US debt actually worth 460% of GDP; The painful rise in Britain of 'zero hours' workers; Dilbert
8th Aug 13, 1:39pm
by Bernard Hickey
14
Thursday's Top 10: Why Tiwai Pt is toast; Deregulation and botulism; US debt actually worth 460% of GDP; The painful rise in Britain of 'zero hours' workers; Dilbert
Meridian says investors will like deal
Meridian CEO says IPO investors will view Tiwai Pt deal positively given extra certainty and no need to dump power on market; hints at asset revaluation upwards
8th Aug 13, 11:30am
by Bernard Hickey
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Meridian CEO says IPO investors will view Tiwai Pt deal positively given extra certainty and no need to dump power on market; hints at asset revaluation upwards
Jobless rate rises and wages subdued
Stats NZ says unemployment rate rises to 6.4% in June qtr from 6.2% in March qtr; Jobs grew 0.4% in quarter; around expectations
7th Aug 13, 10:52am
by Bernard Hickey
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Stats NZ says unemployment rate rises to 6.4% in June qtr from 6.2% in March qtr; Jobs grew 0.4% in quarter; around expectations
Wednesday's Top 10 at 10
Wednesday's Top 10: Crisis? What crisis?; Why Fonterra Chairman John Wilson needs to front; Xinhua's 100% pure 'festering sore'; Is China about to relax its One Child policy?; Amercia's pitiful minimum wage; Dilbert
7th Aug 13, 10:41am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10: Crisis? What crisis?; Why Fonterra Chairman John Wilson needs to front; Xinhua's 100% pure 'festering sore'; Is China about to relax its One Child policy?; Amercia's pitiful minimum wage; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10
Tuesday's Top 10: Why NZ should take a botulism scare chill pill; How China's leaders 'listen' to its people; A South Island Political Party?; The Daily Show; Dilbert
6th Aug 13, 10:28am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10: Why NZ should take a botulism scare chill pill; How China's leaders 'listen' to its people; A South Island Political Party?; The Daily Show; Dilbert
China only blocking Fonterra's whey imports
Groser says China has suspended whey and baby formula base imports, but not milk powders
5th Aug 13, 9:17pm
by Bernard Hickey
13
Groser says China has suspended whey and baby formula base imports, but not milk powders
China, Russia block Fonterra imports
China and Russia block imports of Fonterra milk powder after weekend disclosure of botulism-causing bacteria in some batches of whey
5th Aug 13, 7:17am
by Bernard Hickey
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China and Russia block imports of Fonterra milk powder after weekend disclosure of botulism-causing bacteria in some batches of whey
How should New Zealand save for its retirement?
Bernard Hickey says the Govt should restart NZ Super Fund contributions now because the country should have the same outlook as a 20 yr old
4th Aug 13, 8:07am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says the Govt should restart NZ Super Fund contributions now because the country should have the same outlook as a 20 yr old
Friday's Top 10
Friday's Top 10: Why NZ should adopt Australia's new deposit insurance levy; The 'revenge of the mistresses'; Larry Summers' failed campaign; Clarke and Dawe on what Glenn Stevens does; Dilbert
2nd Aug 13, 10:58am
by Bernard Hickey
25
Friday's Top 10: Why NZ should adopt Australia's new deposit insurance levy; The 'revenge of the mistresses'; Larry Summers' failed campaign; Clarke and Dawe on what Glenn Stevens does; Dilbert
Thursday's Top 10
Thursday's Top 10: NZ's own debt-fueled rebound; Anatole Kaletsky and the global return to debt-fueled consumption; China's contracting workforce; Dunkin 'Cronut'; Dilbert and 'Weasleable doubt'
1st Aug 13, 11:56am
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10: NZ's own debt-fueled rebound; Anatole Kaletsky and the global return to debt-fueled consumption; China's contracting workforce; Dunkin 'Cronut'; Dilbert and 'Weasleable doubt'
Wednesday's Top 10
Wednesday's Top 10: China's 'advantage of backwardness'; The US$14 trln cost of the GFC; Mt Eden manager Serco in deep UK doodoo; 'The naked officials are coming'; Dilbert
31st Jul 13, 12:55pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10: China's 'advantage of backwardness'; The US$14 trln cost of the GFC; Mt Eden manager Serco in deep UK doodoo; 'The naked officials are coming'; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10
Tuesday's Top 10: Could Fletcher become a mega-builder of affordable homes?; Jason Box and the Dark Snow project; What a 3% Chinese growth rate would look like; MOOC madness; Dilbert
30th Jul 13, 12:12pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10: Could Fletcher become a mega-builder of affordable homes?; Jason Box and the Dark Snow project; What a 3% Chinese growth rate would look like; MOOC madness; Dilbert
Labour would ban foreign buying
Labour would ban non-resident buying of existing properties in effort to take pressure off Auckland houses prices
29th Jul 13, 7:37am
by Bernard Hickey
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Labour would ban non-resident buying of existing properties in effort to take pressure off Auckland houses prices
Regional NZ's ageing timebomb
Why regional towns and cities are hit much harder by ageing and what it means for councils, ratepayers and house prices
28th Jul 13, 9:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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Why regional towns and cities are hit much harder by ageing and what it means for councils, ratepayers and house prices
Friday's Top 10 at 12
Friday's Top 10 at 12: Why US profits and investment have diverged; Electric bikes and peak oil; Larry Summers and money printing; John Oliver and the Wiener; Clarke and Dawe and Kevin the bully; Dilbert
26th Jul 13, 12:14pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 at 12: Why US profits and investment have diverged; Electric bikes and peak oil; Larry Summers and money printing; John Oliver and the Wiener; Clarke and Dawe and Kevin the bully; Dilbert
Thursday's Top 10
Thursday's Top 10:Why Inflation is as dead as a Dodo; China bans new official buildings; Rage against the machines; Capitalism, Marx and the B-Corp; How 'Middle out' economics can dethrone 'trickle down' economics; Dilbert
25th Jul 13, 1:39pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10:Why Inflation is as dead as a Dodo; China bans new official buildings; Rage against the machines; Capitalism, Marx and the B-Corp; How 'Middle out' economics can dethrone 'trickle down' economics; Dilbert
What the RBNZ's OCR decision means
Bernard Hickey looks at what the Reserve Bank's OCR decision and statement might mean for interest rates and house prices
25th Jul 13, 10:53am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey looks at what the Reserve Bank's OCR decision and statement might mean for interest rates and house prices
RBNZ seen moving to tightening bias
RBNZ holds OCR at 2.5% as expected; says will need to remove stimulus in future, but expects to hold OCR through the end of 2013
25th Jul 13, 9:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ holds OCR at 2.5% as expected; says will need to remove stimulus in future, but expects to hold OCR through the end of 2013
Treasury wary of asset bubbles
Treasury Secretary says financial crisis teaches NZ to be wary of asset bubbles; says NZ household debt is too high
24th Jul 13, 3:43pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Treasury Secretary says financial crisis teaches NZ to be wary of asset bubbles; says NZ household debt is too high
Wednesday's Top 10 at 10
Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: UK to encourage 95% mortgages (seriously);A 'Wage-mark' for good employers?; Goldman's aluminium shuffling lark; A real European money printing plan; Dilbert's mining for bertcoins
24th Jul 13, 10:29am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: UK to encourage 95% mortgages (seriously);A 'Wage-mark' for good employers?; Goldman's aluminium shuffling lark; A real European money printing plan; Dilbert's mining for bertcoins
Taming the council rates beast?
Local Government NZ pushing for shared services and procurement as a way to tame rates inflation amid pushes for 'Super Cities' in Wellington, Hawkes Bay
23rd Jul 13, 4:00pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Local Government NZ pushing for shared services and procurement as a way to tame rates inflation amid pushes for 'Super Cities' in Wellington, Hawkes Bay
Key rethinking regional development
PM Key says central government rethinking its position on regional development; says understands problem of shrinking populations outside Auckland, Christchurch
23rd Jul 13, 11:12am
by Bernard Hickey
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PM Key says central government rethinking its position on regional development; says understands problem of shrinking populations outside Auckland, Christchurch
Auckland housing inflation 'unsustainable' - Key
Key says RBNZ's high LVR speed limit needed to slow future rise in interest rates and take 'steam' out of unsustainable Auckland house prices
23rd Jul 13, 9:28am
by Bernard Hickey
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Key says RBNZ's high LVR speed limit needed to slow future rise in interest rates and take 'steam' out of unsustainable Auckland house prices