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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

Wednesday's Top 10 at 10
Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: What the 'new normal' of unstable disequilibria looks like; Another Greek ultimatum; Europe's OBR-style fears of 'bail-in' wipeouts; Beijing's 'Universities of Wild Chickens'; Dilbert
3rd Jul 13, 10:55am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: What the 'new normal' of unstable disequilibria looks like; Another Greek ultimatum; Europe's OBR-style fears of 'bail-in' wipeouts; Beijing's 'Universities of Wild Chickens'; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10 at 10
Tuesday's Top 10: What a zombie house in Masterton looks like; The very real risk France could exit the euro; Why the Fed's QE hasn't worked; President Xi cares less about GDP growth; Dilbert
2nd Jul 13, 10:42am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10: What a zombie house in Masterton looks like; The very real risk France could exit the euro; Why the Fed's QE hasn't worked; President Xi cares less about GDP growth; Dilbert
Govt eyes ChCh consent crisis plan
PM Key says IANZ decision to strip Christchurch Council of consenting power is 'unprecedented'
1st Jul 13, 5:02pm
by Bernard Hickey
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PM Key says IANZ decision to strip Christchurch Council of consenting power is 'unprecedented'
First home buyers tap KiwiSaver
First home buyers withdrew NZ$120.2 million from KiwiSaver accounts in 2012, more than double withdrawals in 2011; Govt trumpets figures
1st Jul 13, 8:31am
by Bernard Hickey
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First home buyers withdrew NZ$120.2 million from KiwiSaver accounts in 2012, more than double withdrawals in 2011; Govt trumpets figures
Regulatory schizophrenia
Hike rates now says Bernard Hickey to prevent a damaging housing bubble and the fallout from it bursting
30th Jun 13, 8:51am
by Bernard Hickey
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Hike rates now says Bernard Hickey to prevent a damaging housing bubble and the fallout from it bursting
Friday's Top 10 at 10
Friday's Top 10: The real reason for China's crackdown on shadow banking; The 5 myths of QE; The problem with open plan offices; Clarke and Dawe's shadowy cabinet; Dilbert
28th Jun 13, 12:54pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10: The real reason for China's crackdown on shadow banking; The 5 myths of QE; The problem with open plan offices; Clarke and Dawe's shadowy cabinet; Dilbert
Thursday's Top 10 at 10
Thursday's Top 10 at 10: The PBoC's embarrassing climbdown; Irish banking 'craic'; 'The feral hogs' fighting the Fed; The tragedy of the under-employed; Going from monetary policy Wild Turkey to cold turkey; Dilbert
27th Jun 13, 10:11am
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 at 10: The PBoC's embarrassing climbdown; Irish banking 'craic'; 'The feral hogs' fighting the Fed; The tragedy of the under-employed; Going from monetary policy Wild Turkey to cold turkey; Dilbert
Wednesday's Top 10 at 10
Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: The amazing Tal Bayer; 'We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society'; 'Last year's canes seldom bear fruit'; John Oliver on credit rating agencies; Dilbert
26th Jun 13, 11:40am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 at 10: The amazing Tal Bayer; 'We don't have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society'; 'Last year's canes seldom bear fruit'; John Oliver on credit rating agencies; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10 at 10
Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: The dangerous opacity of the People's Bank of China; Another ghost city; Britain's still over-valued house prices; The young and the isolated; 'Too big to fail and too big to exist' ; Dilbert
25th Jun 13, 10:18am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: The dangerous opacity of the People's Bank of China; Another ghost city; Britain's still over-valued house prices; The young and the isolated; 'Too big to fail and too big to exist' ; Dilbert
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Business loan basics
Steven Davey from Kiwibank talks about how to apply for a business loan and what questions might need answering
24th Jun 13, 3:42pm
by Bernard Hickey
Steven Davey from Kiwibank talks about how to apply for a business loan and what questions might need answering
A cold, cold sweat
Bernard Hickey calls for tax reform to more heavily tax the incomes and assets of the wealthiest 10% and redistribute that as income to the bottom 90%
23rd Jun 13, 8:34am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey calls for tax reform to more heavily tax the incomes and assets of the wealthiest 10% and redistribute that as income to the bottom 90%
Friday's Top 10
Friday's Top 10: Chinese credit oh so crunchy; Xi Jingping's crackdown on the 'four winds' of bureaucracy, formalism, hedonism and extravagance; How China's shadow banks might implode; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
21st Jun 13, 1:06pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10: Chinese credit oh so crunchy; Xi Jingping's crackdown on the 'four winds' of bureaucracy, formalism, hedonism and extravagance; How China's shadow banks might implode; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
Thursday's Top 10
Thursday's Top 10: Bernanke comes out 'all guns blazing'; Gareth Morgan on NZ's speculative property investment craze and the 'great Auckland sucking machine'; How to inhale alcohol; Dilbert
20th Jun 13, 12:21pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10: Bernanke comes out 'all guns blazing'; Gareth Morgan on NZ's speculative property investment craze and the 'great Auckland sucking machine'; How to inhale alcohol; Dilbert
NZ GDP weaker than forecast in Q1
NZ GDP grew just 0.3% in Q1, weaker than the 0.5% growth economists and RBNZ had forecast; drought effects offset rebuild boost
20th Jun 13, 11:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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NZ GDP grew just 0.3% in Q1, weaker than the 0.5% growth economists and RBNZ had forecast; drought effects offset rebuild boost
Wednesday Top 10
Wednesday's Top 10: To Taper or not to Taper, that is the question; Why economic planners should embrace doubt and failure; Mile high skyscrapers?;'Eating baloney and burping caviar'; Shhhhh about Shibor; Dilbert
19th Jun 13, 1:44pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10: To Taper or not to Taper, that is the question; Why economic planners should embrace doubt and failure; Mile high skyscrapers?;'Eating baloney and burping caviar'; Shhhhh about Shibor; Dilbert
Greens drop money printing plan
Greens dump pro-money printing policy, call for RBNZ board not just governor to be responsible for OCR decisions and board minutes to be public
19th Jun 13, 10:22am
by Bernard Hickey
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Greens dump pro-money printing policy, call for RBNZ board not just governor to be responsible for OCR decisions and board minutes to be public
Tuesday's Top 10
Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: Charlene Chu and China's 'Minsky Moment'; How Australian term depositors have more protection than NZ's'; China's over-capacity and deflationary driver; Helicopter drops; Dilbert
18th Jun 13, 1:15pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 at 10: Charlene Chu and China's 'Minsky Moment'; How Australian term depositors have more protection than NZ's'; China's over-capacity and deflationary driver; Helicopter drops; Dilbert
Opposition eyes new monetary policy
Opposition Labour/Green/NZ First recommend 'new orthodox' monetary policy without details, NZ first procurement and extended R&D tax breaks for manufacturers
17th Jun 13, 10:56am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opposition Labour/Green/NZ First recommend 'new orthodox' monetary policy without details, NZ first procurement and extended R&D tax breaks for manufacturers
'Just load up the young with debt'
Bernard Hickey says when houses can only be passed from one generation to the next with the help of obscenely high debt levels, we have a problem
16th Jun 13, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says when houses can only be passed from one generation to the next with the help of obscenely high debt levels, we have a problem
Friday's Top 10 at 10
Friday's Top 10 at 10: Why the inflation just won't come; 'Google really is an evil non-taxpayer'; Chinese buying surges in Seattle too; 'Marx was right about wages and profits'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
14th Jun 13, 10:19am
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 at 10: Why the inflation just won't come; 'Google really is an evil non-taxpayer'; Chinese buying surges in Seattle too; 'Marx was right about wages and profits'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
Key wants first home buyers protected
PM John Key pushing for RBNZ to protect or reduce impact of 'speed limits' on high LVR mortgage lending
13th Jun 13, 9:26pm
by Bernard Hickey
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PM John Key pushing for RBNZ to protect or reduce impact of 'speed limits' on high LVR mortgage lending
What the RBNZ's OCR decision means
What the RBNZ's June quarter Monetary Policy Statement means for interest rates, fixed vs floating and house prices
13th Jun 13, 10:53am
by Bernard Hickey
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What the RBNZ's June quarter Monetary Policy Statement means for interest rates, fixed vs floating and house prices
A harder rock and a harder hard place
Bernard Hickey argues the Reserve Bank Act should give the bank the power to burst an asset price bubble. Your view?
13th Jun 13, 9:17am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey argues the Reserve Bank Act should give the bank the power to burst an asset price bubble. Your view?
RBNZ eyes 14% house price inflation
RBNZ forecasts scenario of NZ house price inflation rising to 14% by early 2014; says interest rate track would be 1% higher if that happened
13th Jun 13, 9:12am
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ forecasts scenario of NZ house price inflation rising to 14% by early 2014; says interest rate track would be 1% higher if that happened
RBNZ lifts rate track 10-20 bps
RBNZ holds Official Cash Rate at 2.5% as expected; raises forecast rate track by 10-20 bps in 2015; sees house price inflation up as high as 14%
13th Jun 13, 9:08am
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ holds Official Cash Rate at 2.5% as expected; raises forecast rate track by 10-20 bps in 2015; sees house price inflation up as high as 14%