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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.

Member for

15 years 6 months

Latest articles

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How QE shifts wealth from the middle to the top; Catastrophe theory and economics; Floods of foreign money; A rebuttal for 'The end of Growth'; Clarke and Dawe
12th Oct 12, 3:44pm
by Bernard Hickey
31
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How QE shifts wealth from the middle to the top; Catastrophe theory and economics; Floods of foreign money; A rebuttal for 'The end of Growth'; Clarke and Dawe
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What Britain's barren 1920s can teach the Euro-zone; Iran's prices double every 39.8 days; 2 ways the bank lobbyists are winning; 'Boomer growth relied on one-off gains'; Dilbert
11th Oct 12, 9:07am
by Bernard Hickey
60
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What Britain's barren 1920s can teach the Euro-zone; Iran's prices double every 39.8 days; 2 ways the bank lobbyists are winning; 'Boomer growth relied on one-off gains'; Dilbert
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The IMF's new orthodoxy; Spain's mortgage crisis spreads to the rich; China's fine art market and 'elegant bribery'; The big fiscal multipliers driving Europe's debt death spiral; Dilbert
10th Oct 12, 9:40am
by Bernard Hickey
55
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The IMF's new orthodoxy; Spain's mortgage crisis spreads to the rich; China's fine art market and 'elegant bribery'; The big fiscal multipliers driving Europe's debt death spiral; Dilbert
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The innovation enigma; Hard money and the gerontocracy; 'Our currency is your problem'; FrankenRomney lives; Jon Stewart; Dilbert
9th Oct 12, 10:17am
by Bernard Hickey
17
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The innovation enigma; Hard money and the gerontocracy; 'Our currency is your problem'; FrankenRomney lives; Jon Stewart; Dilbert
Independence is a luxury
Bernard Hickey argues we will need to reunite monetary and fiscal policy under co-ordinated control if we are to find a successful path through the global 'financial repression'
7th Oct 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
63
Bernard Hickey argues we will need to reunite monetary and fiscal policy under co-ordinated control if we are to find a successful path through the global 'financial repression'
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Crouching Tiger, Hidden mistress; China's empty 'gold bar' apartments; Is unlimited growth a thing of the past?; Europe's fiscal suicide multiplier; Clarke and Dawe and the very loud Alan Jones
5th Oct 12, 10:34am
by Bernard Hickey
77
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Crouching Tiger, Hidden mistress; China's empty 'gold bar' apartments; Is unlimited growth a thing of the past?; Europe's fiscal suicide multiplier; Clarke and Dawe and the very loud Alan Jones
90 seconds at 9 am: Eyes on jobs
90 seconds at 9 am: ECB's Draghi ready to pull trigger on Big Bazooka as soon as Spain asks for bailout; Spain prevaricates on bailout; Eyes on US jobs data and Bank of Japan money printing
5th Oct 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
18
90 seconds at 9 am: ECB's Draghi ready to pull trigger on Big Bazooka as soon as Spain asks for bailout; Spain prevaricates on bailout; Eyes on US jobs data and Bank of Japan money printing
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Modern wheat a 'chronic poison'; The Pope of indignant billionaires; Finding peace with honour in the currency wars; Brash vs Doyle on the high NZ$; Riots and a bank run in Iran; Dilbert
4th Oct 12, 11:34am
by Bernard Hickey
33
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Modern wheat a 'chronic poison'; The Pope of indignant billionaires; Finding peace with honour in the currency wars; Brash vs Doyle on the high NZ$; Riots and a bank run in Iran; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Call for OCR cut
90 seconds at 9 am: Business NZ calls for RBNZ to cut OCR after Australian cut; NZ wholesale interest rates slide; Chinese services sector slumps; US flat on jobs data
4th Oct 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
41
90 seconds at 9 am: Business NZ calls for RBNZ to cut OCR after Australian cut; NZ wholesale interest rates slide; Chinese services sector slumps; US flat on jobs data
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Eureka, it's WiFi in a light bulb; Italians can only afford bikes; The social pain in Spain; 'Show me (the taxman) the money'; Why the old want deflation; Dilbert
3rd Oct 12, 12:41pm
by Bernard Hickey
17
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Eureka, it's WiFi in a light bulb; Italians can only afford bikes; The social pain in Spain; 'Show me (the taxman) the money'; Why the old want deflation; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ high
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ hits 1 year high vs A$ of 80.6 Ac after slightly surprising RBA rate cut; Milk powder prices fall 0.9%; US stocks down on Spanish doubts
3rd Oct 12, 8:59am
by Bernard Hickey
34
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ hits 1 year high vs A$ of 80.6 Ac after slightly surprising RBA rate cut; Milk powder prices fall 0.9%; US stocks down on Spanish doubts
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Australia's 'Dog Days' are coming; China's pensions black hole; The Global Doomsday machine is still running; Sudden Wealth Syndrome; Dilbert
2nd Oct 12, 10:07am
by Bernard Hickey
62
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Australia's 'Dog Days' are coming; China's pensions black hole; The Global Doomsday machine is still running; Sudden Wealth Syndrome; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: US output up
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks, oil and NZ$ rise on stronger than expected US factory output; European and Chinese factory output contract; Australian rate cut possible
2nd Oct 12, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
2
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks, oil and NZ$ rise on stronger than expected US factory output; European and Chinese factory output contract; Australian rate cut possible
Queue jumpers
Foreign institutions that buy covered bonds in our banks get priority over bank assets in the event an institution fails and that is not fair says Bernard Hickey. Your view?
30th Sep 12, 10:57am
by Bernard Hickey
37
Foreign institutions that buy covered bonds in our banks get priority over bank assets in the event an institution fails and that is not fair says Bernard Hickey. Your view?
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report for Aug
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows worsening in August as median house price rises; competition between banks heating up as ANZ drops National brand
28th Sep 12, 7:32pm
by Bernard Hickey
24
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows worsening in August as median house price rises; competition between banks heating up as ANZ drops National brand
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Corporates hoard cash in front of fiscal cliff; Growing signs of Chinese capital flight; China's prison/factories; 'The euro is a depression-making machine'; Clarke and Dawe
28th Sep 12, 3:22pm
by Bernard Hickey
38
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Corporates hoard cash in front of fiscal cliff; Growing signs of Chinese capital flight; China's prison/factories; 'The euro is a depression-making machine'; Clarke and Dawe
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ at 8 mth high
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks rally on hopes Spanish austerity plan will unleash 'Big Bazooka' bond buying; China central bank injects fresh funds; NZ$ over 83.2 USc
28th Sep 12, 9:03am
by Bernard Hickey
30
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks rally on hopes Spanish austerity plan will unleash 'Big Bazooka' bond buying; China central bank injects fresh funds; NZ$ over 83.2 USc
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Nice Libor. Hahahaha!'; Just halve the leverage, says Bair; China's population time bomb; Baconmageddon; Chinese inventories blow out; Dilbert
27th Sep 12, 11:26am
by Bernard Hickey
38
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Nice Libor. Hahahaha!'; Just halve the leverage, says Bair; China's population time bomb; Baconmageddon; Chinese inventories blow out; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ firms vs A$
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ nears 1 yr high vs A$; US, European stocks slide on fear money printing won't boost global economy; Spanish fear pushes bond yields back over 6%
27th Sep 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
14
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ nears 1 yr high vs A$; US, European stocks slide on fear money printing won't boost global economy; Spanish fear pushes bond yields back over 6%
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Tax avoidance protesters in black tie; The pain in Spain is mainly around the parliament; Why Germany might exit the euro; A US$1.6 trln deposit cliff; Dilbert
26th Sep 12, 10:59am
by Bernard Hickey
10
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Tax avoidance protesters in black tie; The pain in Spain is mainly around the parliament; Why Germany might exit the euro; A US$1.6 trln deposit cliff; Dilbert
ANZ to drop National brand - DomPost
ANZ to announce end of National bank brand and integration of National customers into ANZ bank later today, DomPost reports; ANZ says no decision made yet
26th Sep 12, 6:56am
by Bernard Hickey
16
ANZ to announce end of National bank brand and integration of National customers into ANZ bank later today, DomPost reports; ANZ says no decision made yet
Bollard sceptical on LVR limits
The exit interview: Retiring RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard points to 70s experience when arguing against LVR limits; prefers counter cyclical credit controls
25th Sep 12, 4:04pm
by Bernard Hickey
90
The exit interview: Retiring RBNZ Governor Alan Bollard points to 70s experience when arguing against LVR limits; prefers counter cyclical credit controls
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Jens Weidemann and the devil; A fight in a bedroom for 79,000; A rescue fund to borrow 2 trln euro to bail out countries that borrowed too much; Deflation nostalgia; Dilbert
25th Sep 12, 12:07pm
by Bernard Hickey
30
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Jens Weidemann and the devil; A fight in a bedroom for 79,000; A rescue fund to borrow 2 trln euro to bail out countries that borrowed too much; Deflation nostalgia; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: German slide
90 seconds at 9 am: Eurostoxx down and US stocks flat after German business confidence slumps unexpectedly; German calls grow for Spanish bailout; Chinese confidence weak
25th Sep 12, 8:57am
by Bernard Hickey
33
90 seconds at 9 am: Eurostoxx down and US stocks flat after German business confidence slumps unexpectedly; German calls grow for Spanish bailout; Chinese confidence weak
90 seconds at 9 am: Euro nerves
90 seconds at 9 am: European divisions re-emerge over banking union and new bailouts; Portugal drops austerity-driven tax hike after popular revolt; NZ$ ever higher
24th Sep 12, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
19
90 seconds at 9 am: European divisions re-emerge over banking union and new bailouts; Portugal drops austerity-driven tax hike after popular revolt; NZ$ ever higher