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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 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Apple's effective tax rate of 0.06% in Ireland; Just print me a pizza; 'Hallelujah, it's raining Yen!; Solar panel settlement may hike prices; Dilbert
22nd May 13, 1:02pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Apple's effective tax rate of 0.06% in Ireland; Just print me a pizza; 'Hallelujah, it's raining Yen!; Solar panel settlement may hike prices; Dilbert
S&P reduces Kiwibank's rating outlook
S&P says one in three chance of a cut in Kiwibank's A+ rating in next three years as NZ's economic risks rise; also eyeing how supportive NZ Govt is of struggling NZ Post
22nd May 13, 8:22am
by Bernard Hickey
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S&P says one in three chance of a cut in Kiwibank's A+ rating in next three years as NZ's economic risks rise; also eyeing how supportive NZ Govt is of struggling NZ Post
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Where are the jobs? It's the economy stupid; Helicopter money for Europe?; 'Don't pull away the punchbowl just yet'; Dilbert
21st May 13, 1:28pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Where are the jobs? It's the economy stupid; Helicopter money for Europe?; 'Don't pull away the punchbowl just yet'; Dilbert
Key sees haircuts for Solid Energy's banks
PM Key downbeat on Solid Energy's future after Korda Mentha report arrives; says it probably has no equity and he expects banks will have to take haircuts on debt
20th May 13, 4:47pm
by Bernard Hickey
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PM Key downbeat on Solid Energy's future after Korda Mentha report arrives; says it probably has no equity and he expects banks will have to take haircuts on debt
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: OECD reckons NZ's GFC was as bad as Greece's; Drums beating for limits on non-resident purchases of NZ homes; NZ's scandalous workplace safety; Dilbert
20th May 13, 9:53am
by Bernard Hickey
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Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: OECD reckons NZ's GFC was as bad as Greece's; Drums beating for limits on non-resident purchases of NZ homes; NZ's scandalous workplace safety; Dilbert
Auckland's housing Hail Mary pass
Bernard Hickey doesn't believe the plan set out in the housing Accord between Auckland and the Government has any chance of success
19th May 13, 9:08am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey doesn't believe the plan set out in the housing Accord between Auckland and the Government has any chance of success
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Canada's housing bubble beginning to leak after high LVR limits imposed; How Canadians avoid those rules; Low interest rates keep zombies alive; Peter Thiel and Bitcoin; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
17th May 13, 2:12pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Canada's housing bubble beginning to leak after high LVR limits imposed; How Canadians avoid those rules; Low interest rates keep zombies alive; Peter Thiel and Bitcoin; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
S&P may cut TSB, Co-op, Heartland ratings
Standard and Poor's warns it may cut credit ratings of TSB, Co-op Bank, Heartland Bank and 5 credit unions by 1 or 2 notches over next two years
17th May 13, 8:03am
by Bernard Hickey
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Standard and Poor's warns it may cut credit ratings of TSB, Co-op Bank, Heartland Bank and 5 credit unions by 1 or 2 notches over next two years
Small budget surplus in 2014/15
NZ Govt forecasts NZ$75 mln surplus in 2014/15; Macro-prudential tools deal signed; NZSF contributions delayed 2 yrs; Central govt may directly issue housing consents
16th May 13, 2:04pm
by Bernard Hickey
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NZ Govt forecasts NZ$75 mln surplus in 2014/15; Macro-prudential tools deal signed; NZSF contributions delayed 2 yrs; Central govt may directly issue housing consents
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why doubling Japan's money supply won't fix its demographic drag; How aging economies can grow old with dignity; Target 3% unemployment; Time-lapsed NZ; Dilbert
16th May 13, 10:42am
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why doubling Japan's money supply won't fix its demographic drag; How aging economies can grow old with dignity; Target 3% unemployment; Time-lapsed NZ; Dilbert
Purse strings loosened in Budget 2013
Bill English set to deliver budget with around NZ$800 million of discretionary net new spending as firmer economy gives Govt more leeway 18 mths before election
16th May 13, 8:24am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bill English set to deliver budget with around NZ$800 million of discretionary net new spending as firmer economy gives Govt more leeway 18 mths before election
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: IMF gives NZ qualified tick; Cicada farming for protein?; Rounding up the herd with drones?; Did the Internet kill the Middle Class; Strolling the Thames in China; Dilbert
15th May 13, 10:28am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: IMF gives NZ qualified tick; Cicada farming for protein?; Rounding up the herd with drones?; Did the Internet kill the Middle Class; Strolling the Thames in China; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why the developed world will have to find new ways to employ people on high wages; Push your car dealer hard for lower prices; 'Australia's housing bubble the world's biggest'; Dilbert
14th May 13, 10:08am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why the developed world will have to find new ways to employ people on high wages; Push your car dealer hard for lower prices; 'Australia's housing bubble the world's biggest'; Dilbert
Bernard's property buying tool kit
Bernard Hickey lays out his internet tool kit for buying property, including useful links to mortgage and interest rate calculators, and property value sites
13th May 13, 10:46am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey lays out his internet tool kit for buying property, including useful links to mortgage and interest rate calculators, and property value sites
Sky City Convention deal agreed
Govt concedes more pokies and license assurances to win Sky City Convention centre
13th May 13, 7:44am
by Bernard Hickey
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Govt concedes more pokies and license assurances to win Sky City Convention centre
Forever blowing bubbles
Bernard Hickey reckons rising house prices can push higher only as long as interest rates stay low, but the music will stop when interest rates rise
12th May 13, 8:02am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey reckons rising house prices can push higher only as long as interest rates stay low, but the music will stop when interest rates rise
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How China's growth could slow to 3%; Why is youth unemployment so high globally; 'It was a data regularity until it wasn't'; Clarke and Dawe on Joe Hockey's 'preventer'; Dilbert
10th May 13, 1:07pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How China's growth could slow to 3%; Why is youth unemployment so high globally; 'It was a data regularity until it wasn't'; Clarke and Dawe on Joe Hockey's 'preventer'; Dilbert
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe's strategy requires exports to Mars; The heartbreaking detail of China's one child policy; America's bee population slumps; How to kill Zombie banks; Dilbert
9th May 13, 10:53am
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe's strategy requires exports to Mars; The heartbreaking detail of China's one child policy; America's bee population slumps; How to kill Zombie banks; Dilbert
RBNZ says has intervened in NZ$
RBNZ Governor Wheeler lets slip in parliamentary committee meeting that RBNZ has intervened to 'take top off NZ$'; currency falls 60 bps in following minutes
8th May 13, 1:29pm
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ Governor Wheeler lets slip in parliamentary committee meeting that RBNZ has intervened to 'take top off NZ$'; currency falls 60 bps in following minutes
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Markets are not stable, efficient or self-correcting'; The 'Great Gatsby' parties return; Krugman and Summers adopt MMT?; 7 myths about Keynesian economics; Dilbert
8th May 13, 12:07pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Markets are not stable, efficient or self-correcting'; The 'Great Gatsby' parties return; Krugman and Summers adopt MMT?; 7 myths about Keynesian economics; Dilbert
RBNZ forces banks to hold more capital
RBNZ to force banks to hold more capital to back high LVR mortgages from Sept 30; says will result in average increase in capital for housing of 12%
8th May 13, 9:10am
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ to force banks to hold more capital to back high LVR mortgages from Sept 30; says will result in average increase in capital for housing of 12%
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: France declares victory over Germany in austerity fight; Euro founder calls for currency breakup; The madness that is the 'Bernanke Put'; Hope for us all; Dilbert
7th May 13, 10:08am
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: France declares victory over Germany in austerity fight; Euro founder calls for currency breakup; The madness that is the 'Bernanke Put'; Hope for us all; Dilbert
Key defends drive to cut NZ govt debt
NZ PM Key defends government drive to return to surplus and start reducing debt despite doubts overseas that 'expansionary austerity' is actually working
6th May 13, 9:09pm
by Bernard Hickey
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NZ PM Key defends government drive to return to surplus and start reducing debt despite doubts overseas that 'expansionary austerity' is actually working
When will the penny drop?
Bernard Hickey wonders why the Labour-Greens housing policies haven't been subject to the same pushback as their power policy
5th May 13, 9:02am
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Bernard Hickey wonders why the Labour-Greens housing policies haven't been subject to the same pushback as their power policy
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The Ms Moneypennies of Takapuna; The last words from Reinhart and Rogoff; An Aussie banking bubble; 'As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
3rd May 13, 11:23am
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The Ms Moneypennies of Takapuna; The last words from Reinhart and Rogoff; An Aussie banking bubble; 'As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert