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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
90 seconds at 9 am: Stocks, gold, oil and NZ$ slide on renewed fears about Europe and global growth; JP Morgan slumps on US$9 bln 'Whale' loss report; Barclays slammed after LIBOR criminal probe
29th Jun 12, 8:57am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Stocks, gold, oil and NZ$ slide on renewed fears about Europe and global growth; JP Morgan slumps on US$9 bln 'Whale' loss report; Barclays slammed after LIBOR criminal probe
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How Chinese officials launder their money; The key to China's hard landing; Norway's housing bubble; The Shareholder Value myth; Dilbert
28th Jun 12, 3:25pm
by Bernard Hickey
27
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How Chinese officials launder their money; The key to China's hard landing; Norway's housing bubble; The Shareholder Value myth; Dilbert
Kiwibank going for business growth
Kiwibank eyes payments innovation for growing businesses and help with growth strategies
28th Jun 12, 1:34pm
by Bernard Hickey
1
Kiwibank eyes payments innovation for growing businesses and help with growth strategies
'Structural landmarks moving'-RBNZ
RBNZ says in statement of intent for 2012-15 that price stability still primary goal, but notes 'structural landmarks' of currency, growth potential, real interest rates may have moved
27th Jun 12, 2:58pm
by Bernard Hickey
3
RBNZ says in statement of intent for 2012-15 that price stability still primary goal, but notes 'structural landmarks' of currency, growth potential, real interest rates may have moved
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why money printing isn't creating inflation; How Wall St rigged America's muni bond market; Audi a favourite with China's Communists; Dilbert
27th Jun 12, 1:43pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why money printing isn't creating inflation; How Wall St rigged America's muni bond market; Audi a favourite with China's Communists; Dilbert
90 seconds at 'Nein' am
90 seconds at 9 am: Euro weakens as fears grow over Euro debt crisis; Spanish, Italian bond yields up again; Merkel says 'Nein' again; NZ$ near record high vs euro
27th Jun 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Euro weakens as fears grow over Euro debt crisis; Spanish, Italian bond yields up again; Merkel says 'Nein' again; NZ$ near record high vs euro
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ's expensive McJobs; The tragedy of the commons in European banking; Is 2012 turning into the new 1931?; September an ugly month for bank crises; Dilbert
26th Jun 12, 1:59pm
by Bernard Hickey
35
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ's expensive McJobs; The tragedy of the commons in European banking; Is 2012 turning into the new 1931?; September an ugly month for bank crises; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down 1.6% as markets fear Euro-summit will fail to solve debt crisis; Cyprus asks for bailout; Spain formally requests bank bailout; NZ$ down to 78.7 USc
26th Jun 12, 8:59am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: US stocks down 1.6% as markets fear Euro-summit will fail to solve debt crisis; Cyprus asks for bailout; Spain formally requests bank bailout; NZ$ down to 78.7 USc
Farmers vote 66.45% for TAF proposal
Bernard Hickey live-blogs from Fonterra's Trading Among Farmer vote in Hamilton. Your view?
25th Jun 12, 11:21am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey live-blogs from Fonterra's Trading Among Farmer vote in Hamilton. Your view?
Let's move the goalposts
We are world leaders in a policy that is downright misleading, says Bernard Hickey. It's time to focus on new monetary tools. Your view?
24th Jun 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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We are world leaders in a policy that is downright misleading, says Bernard Hickey. It's time to focus on new monetary tools. Your view?
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Australia's vanishing housing supply problem; Creating a German Europe rather than a European Germany; China's Kleptocracy Part 2; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
22nd Jun 12, 8:37pm
by Bernard Hickey
11
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Australia's vanishing housing supply problem; Creating a German Europe rather than a European Germany; China's Kleptocracy Part 2; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
The pros and cons of Fonterra's TAF
Lachlan McKenzie and Henry van der Heyden debate the pros and cons of Fonterra's Trading Among Farmers proposal ahead of Monday's vote. Your view?
22nd Jun 12, 1:05pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Lachlan McKenzie and Henry van der Heyden debate the pros and cons of Fonterra's Trading Among Farmers proposal ahead of Monday's vote. Your view?
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Dow down 250 pts on global slump in factory output and disappointment over Fed's decision not to print money; NZ$ down to 78.5 USc; Oil under US$80/bbl
22nd Jun 12, 8:53am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Dow down 250 pts on global slump in factory output and disappointment over Fed's decision not to print money; NZ$ down to 78.5 USc; Oil under US$80/bbl
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why Europe needs a Federal Reserve; The chart the 1% fear most; Christchurch's rental affordability crisis; John Key's specious NZ Super spin; Dilbert
21st Jun 12, 2:23pm
by Bernard Hickey
36
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why Europe needs a Federal Reserve; The chart the 1% fear most; Christchurch's rental affordability crisis; John Key's specious NZ Super spin; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Fed eases again by extending Operation Twist; markets disappointed on no QE III; Merkel rejects direct bond buying; Bank of England almost printed again
21st Jun 12, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Fed eases again by extending Operation Twist; markets disappointed on no QE III; Merkel rejects direct bond buying; Bank of England almost printed again
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How the Fed might kick the can further down the road; Why China's new stimulus is struggling; What the G20 Euro 'rescue' deal means; Germans eye 'north Euro' and 'south Euro; Feta Accompli; Dilbert
20th Jun 12, 12:43pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How the Fed might kick the can further down the road; Why China's new stimulus is struggling; What the G20 Euro 'rescue' deal means; Germans eye 'north Euro' and 'south Euro; Feta Accompli; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Markets set for Fed stimulus; NZ$ at 79.8 USc; Europe suggests easing Greek bailout terms, but Merkel says 'Nein' again; Milk powder prices fall
20th Jun 12, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Markets set for Fed stimulus; NZ$ at 79.8 USc; Europe suggests easing Greek bailout terms, but Merkel says 'Nein' again; Milk powder prices fall
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Greece's reminders of Weimar Germany; Greek philosophers vs German philosophers; 'Why the young should welcome austerity'; China's Communist Party and the Triads; Dilbert
19th Jun 12, 12:57pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Greece's reminders of Weimar Germany; Greek philosophers vs German philosophers; 'Why the young should welcome austerity'; China's Communist Party and the Triads; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Europhoria fades within a day as Germany rejects Greek pro-bailout party request to soften bailout; Spanish 10 yr bond yield hits 7.18%; NZ$ firm over 79 USc on safe haven demand
19th Jun 12, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Europhoria fades within a day as Germany rejects Greek pro-bailout party request to soften bailout; Spanish 10 yr bond yield hits 7.18%; NZ$ firm over 79 USc on safe haven demand
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Pro-bailout coalition wins Greek elections; Euro rallies on markets relief; NZ$ headed for 80 USc; Euro-crisis set to drag on; Spain eyes austerity; Italy plans asset sales
18th Jun 12, 8:14am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Pro-bailout coalition wins Greek elections; Euro rallies on markets relief; NZ$ headed for 80 USc; Euro-crisis set to drag on; Spain eyes austerity; Italy plans asset sales
NAIRU is not a nice place
Bernard Hickey says we need a 'huge burst of investment' to get both our public deficit down and unemployment lower and he wants the Government to fund it. Do you agree?
17th Jun 12, 10:05am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey says we need a 'huge burst of investment' to get both our public deficit down and unemployment lower and he wants the Government to fund it. Do you agree?
Never a dull moment for the NZ$
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the NZ$'s rise through 78 USc despite worries about Euromageddon as 'risk-on' investors bank on the central bank cavalry arriving soon
15th Jun 12, 7:50pm
by Bernard Hickey
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the NZ$'s rise through 78 USc despite worries about Euromageddon as 'risk-on' investors bank on the central bank cavalry arriving soon
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Now Key agrees with English's view of slump for a decade; How to deleverage banking; The case for a WPA; 'Just spray and walk away'; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
15th Jun 12, 1:17pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Now Key agrees with English's view of slump for a decade; How to deleverage banking; The case for a WPA; 'Just spray and walk away'; Dilbert; Clarke and Dawe
How much danger is NZ in from a 'Grexit'?
A recent issue of The Listener challenged Bernard Hickey with nine questions. Here is how he answered them
15th Jun 12, 12:06pm
by Bernard Hickey
A recent issue of The Listener challenged Bernard Hickey with nine questions. Here is how he answered them
90 seconds at 9 am
90 seconds at 9 am: Central banks preparing for coordinated emergency intervention as Euro-crisis deepens ahead of Greek elections; Dow rises 1.2% on QE III hopes; NZ$ at 78.2 USc
15th Jun 12, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am: Central banks preparing for coordinated emergency intervention as Euro-crisis deepens ahead of Greek elections; Dow rises 1.2% on QE III hopes; NZ$ at 78.2 USc