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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

90 seconds at 9 am: Big Bazooka primed
90 seconds at 9 am: ECB set to unveil its 'Big Bazooka' plan for unlimited buying of European bonds; Australian economy slowing down; NZ$ at 2 mth high vs A$
6th Sep 12, 8:50am
by Bernard Hickey
28
90 seconds at 9 am: ECB set to unveil its 'Big Bazooka' plan for unlimited buying of European bonds; Australian economy slowing down; NZ$ at 2 mth high vs A$
ANZ shifts OCR hike view to 2014
ANZ National Chief Economist Cameron Bagrie delays expectation of first Official Cash Rate hike out to 2014; first bank economist to shift from mid 2013
5th Sep 12, 4:32pm
by Bernard Hickey
11
ANZ National Chief Economist Cameron Bagrie delays expectation of first Official Cash Rate hike out to 2014; first bank economist to shift from mid 2013
Barfoot Aug sales highest since 03
Barfoot and Thompson says sold 1,016 properties in August, up 34% from 2011 and highest since 2003; Average price up 11.5% to record high NZ$592,395
5th Sep 12, 10:50am
by Bernard Hickey
101
Barfoot and Thompson says sold 1,016 properties in August, up 34% from 2011 and highest since 2003; Average price up 11.5% to record high NZ$592,395
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Will Europe deliver a Big Bazooka or a Big Palooka; Suez Canal traffic slumps; UK's Great Recssion longer than 30s Great Depression; Dilbert
5th Sep 12, 9:55am
by Bernard Hickey
63
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Will Europe deliver a Big Bazooka or a Big Palooka; Suez Canal traffic slumps; UK's Great Recssion longer than 30s Great Depression; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: NZ$ at 79.4 USc
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks erase early losses on hopes for iPhone 5 next week; US manufacturing contracts unexpectedly; ECB 'Big Bazooka' decision looms; Milk powder prices up 6%
5th Sep 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
11
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks erase early losses on hopes for iPhone 5 next week; US manufacturing contracts unexpectedly; ECB 'Big Bazooka' decision looms; Milk powder prices up 6%
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint; Preparing for truckloads of Greek cash; US popcorn drought; China's rail cargo slump; Indebted Chinese steel traders suicidal and fleeing; Dilbert
4th Sep 12, 10:13am
by Bernard Hickey
16
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint; Preparing for truckloads of Greek cash; US popcorn drought; China's rail cargo slump; Indebted Chinese steel traders suicidal and fleeing; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Euro-zone hit
Euro-zone factory contraction worse than forecast; Eurostoxx rally on Chinese stimulus hopes ahead of Thursday's ECB 'Big Bazooka'; NZ$ under 80 USc, falls with A$
4th Sep 12, 9:03am
by Bernard Hickey
30
Euro-zone factory contraction worse than forecast; Eurostoxx rally on Chinese stimulus hopes ahead of Thursday's ECB 'Big Bazooka'; NZ$ under 80 USc, falls with A$
REINZ ousts CEO of Realestate.co.nz
REINZ ousts CEO of Realestate.co.nz as agents review 'structure and resourcing' of industry's real estate listings website
3rd Sep 12, 12:39pm
by Bernard Hickey
7
REINZ ousts CEO of Realestate.co.nz as agents review 'structure and resourcing' of industry's real estate listings website
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report for July
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows improvement in July as median house price falls and interest rates stay at record lows
3rd Sep 12, 9:31am
by Bernard Hickey
5
Roost Home Loan Affordability Report shows improvement in July as median house price falls and interest rates stay at record lows
90 seconds at 9 am: French bailout
90 seconds at 9 am: France bails out Credit Immoblier with 20 bln euro guarantee; Chinese factory output contracts; Bernanke talks QE III; Euro-zone jobless hits record
3rd Sep 12, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
5
90 seconds at 9 am: France bails out Credit Immoblier with 20 bln euro guarantee; Chinese factory output contracts; Bernanke talks QE III; Euro-zone jobless hits record
The paradox of thrift
Households are slowly de-leveraging, but should our Government go on a spending spree to compensate? Your view?
2nd Sep 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
107
Households are slowly de-leveraging, but should our Government go on a spending spree to compensate? Your view?
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Chinese steel prices crash to 1994 levels; Why China's coal-driven Ordos is even more ghostly; Wall St planning to securitise rents; Clarke and Dawe on Australia's mining boom
31st Aug 12, 9:52pm
by Bernard Hickey
12
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Chinese steel prices crash to 1994 levels; Why China's coal-driven Ordos is even more ghostly; Wall St planning to securitise rents; Clarke and Dawe on Australia's mining boom
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The bursting of Australia's iron ore bubble; Australia's bad case of Dutch Disease; Another NZ petroleum boom?; Why China's new stimulus plan is failing; Dilbert
30th Aug 12, 3:12pm
by Bernard Hickey
13
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The bursting of Australia's iron ore bubble; Australia's bad case of Dutch Disease; Another NZ petroleum boom?; Why China's new stimulus plan is failing; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese slump
90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese stocks slump to 3 year low as hard landing hits company profits; US GDP growth slow enough for QE III; Monti vs Merkel in Euro-zone clash
30th Aug 12, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
15
90 seconds at 9 am: Chinese stocks slump to 3 year low as hard landing hits company profits; US GDP growth slow enough for QE III; Monti vs Merkel in Euro-zone clash
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'It's the deleveraging, stupid'; How the Cheapest Generation prefer to share than to own; Watch Chinese pork price inflation; Thank God for the mob; Dilbert
29th Aug 12, 12:55pm
by Bernard Hickey
109
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'It's the deleveraging, stupid'; How the Cheapest Generation prefer to share than to own; Watch Chinese pork price inflation; Thank God for the mob; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am: G7 oil move
90 seconds at 9 am: G7 leaders call for oil production lift to offset growth-killing spike in oil price; RBNZ seen holding OCR til 2014; Australian house sales slump 5.6%
29th Aug 12, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
48
90 seconds at 9 am: G7 leaders call for oil production lift to offset growth-killing spike in oil price; RBNZ seen holding OCR til 2014; Australian house sales slump 5.6%
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe set for another Greek showdown in October; The Republicans' gold standard deathwish; 'Don't worry about moral hazard in a crisis'; Paul Krugman and the Gold standard of instability; Dilbert
28th Aug 12, 7:19pm
by Bernard Hickey
25
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe set for another Greek showdown in October; The Republicans' gold standard deathwish; 'Don't worry about moral hazard in a crisis'; Paul Krugman and the Gold standard of instability; Dilbert
Fonterra cuts milk payout forecast
Fonterra cuts forecast milk payout range by 30c/kg to NZ$5.65-5.75/kg before retentions, mostly due to strong NZ$
28th Aug 12, 12:46pm
by Bernard Hickey
98
Fonterra cuts forecast milk payout range by 30c/kg to NZ$5.65-5.75/kg before retentions, mostly due to strong NZ$
90 seconds at 9 am: Apple bites
90 seconds at 9 am: Apple up after beating Samsung in patent case and applying to ban S series phones; Spain braces for 21% GST rate; China eyes export rescue
28th Aug 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
41
90 seconds at 9 am: Apple up after beating Samsung in patent case and applying to ban S series phones; Spain braces for 21% GST rate; China eyes export rescue
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: ANZ CEO wants dole cut; Macquarie Millionaries eye NZ PPP payouts; Australia's Chinese hard landing risks; Vietnamese meltdown; NZ farmland world's most expensive; Dilbert
27th Aug 12, 9:38pm
by Bernard Hickey
27
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: ANZ CEO wants dole cut; Macquarie Millionaries eye NZ PPP payouts; Australia's Chinese hard landing risks; Vietnamese meltdown; NZ farmland world's most expensive; Dilbert
90 seconds at Nein: Greek fears
90 seconds at 9 am: Germany rejects Greek request for more time to meet austerity targets; Bundesbank says ECB money printing 'like a drug'; NZ$ at 81 USc
27th Aug 12, 8:15am
by Bernard Hickey
98
90 seconds at 9 am: Germany rejects Greek request for more time to meet austerity targets; Bundesbank says ECB money printing 'like a drug'; NZ$ at 81 USc
A power play
The Government may be selling the electricity SOEs at the top of the market; Bernard Hickey reviews whether this is good for investors. Your view?
26th Aug 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
57
The Government may be selling the electricity SOEs at the top of the market; Bernard Hickey reviews whether this is good for investors. Your view?
Tribunal wants SOE sale delay
Waitangi Tribunal calls for delay of Mighty River Power float so Crown has time to do deal with affected iwi
24th Aug 12, 4:59pm
by Bernard Hickey
5
Waitangi Tribunal calls for delay of Mighty River Power float so Crown has time to do deal with affected iwi
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: When govt austerity programmes actually worsen recessions; How China's rebalancing hits NZ and Australia; Republican Party eyes US return to gold standard; Vietnamese bank run; Clarke and Dawe
24th Aug 12, 1:05pm
by Bernard Hickey
17
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: When govt austerity programmes actually worsen recessions; How China's rebalancing hits NZ and Australia; Republican Party eyes US return to gold standard; Vietnamese bank run; Clarke and Dawe
90 seconds at 9 am: Euro doubts
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down 0.9% as jobless claims rise and consumer confidence weakens; Euro-zone doubts return; Chinese, Euro factory output contracts
24th Aug 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
40
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down 0.9% as jobless claims rise and consumer confidence weakens; Euro-zone doubts return; Chinese, Euro factory output contracts