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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

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What's similar between the 1930s Depression and now; 'Tax cuts enrich the rich and fail to boost growth'; Europe's German takeover; Dilbert
13th Dec 11, 1:41pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What's similar between the 1930s Depression and now; 'Tax cuts enrich the rich and fail to boost growth'; Europe's German takeover; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Moody's dashes Euro rescue hopes with fresh review; NZ$ and stocks down sharply; Intel cuts forecasts; Trade Me float
13th Dec 11, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Moody's dashes Euro rescue hopes with fresh review; NZ$ and stocks down sharply; Intel cuts forecasts; Trade Me float
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Latvian bank run; European bailout laundering plan; Charter school hedge funds; Survival of the fattest (banks); A US$21 trln debt overhang; Dilbert
12th Dec 11, 7:37pm
by Bernard Hickey
18
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Latvian bank run; European bailout laundering plan; Charter school hedge funds; Survival of the fattest (banks); A US$21 trln debt overhang; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: EU leaders agree 'fiscal compact' without UK and funds via IMF; Chinese export growth slumps; Credit Agricole downgraded on 'liquidity concerns'; New Kyoto deal
12th Dec 11, 8:51am
by Bernard Hickey
24
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: EU leaders agree 'fiscal compact' without UK and funds via IMF; Chinese export growth slumps; Credit Agricole downgraded on 'liquidity concerns'; New Kyoto deal
Who will pay for unsustainable debt?
Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues the global financial crisis is at a critical stage where bank shareholders and bondholders battle taxpayers over who will pay the bill for unsustainable debt. Your view?
11th Dec 11, 10:06am
by Bernard Hickey
65
Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues the global financial crisis is at a critical stage where bank shareholders and bondholders battle taxpayers over who will pay the bill for unsustainable debt. Your view?
The never a dull moment report
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including the ECB's refusal to print to buy bonds; the RBA's rate cut and the Euro summit
9th Dec 11, 7:56pm
by Bernard Hickey
HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including the ECB's refusal to print to buy bonds; the RBA's rate cut and the Euro summit
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe prepares for Eurozone breakup; Tesco exits Euro currencies and stops buying long term; Central banks eye printing old currencies again; A US$12 trln equity gap; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
9th Dec 11, 5:08pm
by Bernard Hickey
75
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Europe prepares for Eurozone breakup; Tesco exits Euro currencies and stops buying long term; Central banks eye printing old currencies again; A US$12 trln equity gap; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: ECB dashes hopes it will solve Euro crisis by printing money to buy European bonds; Euro banks told to raise 115 bln euros; Stocks, NZ$ slide on ECB disappointment
9th Dec 11, 9:02am
by Bernard Hickey
30
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: ECB dashes hopes it will solve Euro crisis by printing money to buy European bonds; Euro banks told to raise 115 bln euros; Stocks, NZ$ slide on ECB disappointment
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: America's disconnected tax-free companies; Iran's Revolutionary Guard prepares for war; Bank leverage like dynamite strapped to an economy; Bundesbank out of money?; Dilbert
8th Dec 11, 5:05pm
by Bernard Hickey
67
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: America's disconnected tax-free companies; Iran's Revolutionary Guard prepares for war; Bank leverage like dynamite strapped to an economy; Bundesbank out of money?; Dilbert
Why don't the banks burn some fat?
Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues the RBNZ should nudge the banks to 'burn some profit fat' rather than pass on higher funding costs to borrowers and savers. Your view?
8th Dec 11, 9:11am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues the RBNZ should nudge the banks to 'burn some profit fat' rather than pass on higher funding costs to borrowers and savers. Your view?
RBNZ lowers rates forecast
RBNZ holds OCR at 2.5% as expected; lowers forecast track for interest rates by 30 bps; OCR peak seen around 3.75%
8th Dec 11, 9:04am
by Bernard Hickey
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RBNZ holds OCR at 2.5% as expected; lowers forecast track for interest rates by 30 bps; OCR peak seen around 3.75%
Tony Alexander prefers floating to fixing
BNZ's Tony Alexander sees rates lower for longer as first home buyers enter market; real estate agents report sellers reluctant to cut prices; buyers keener to trade down
7th Dec 11, 11:11pm
by Bernard Hickey
16
BNZ's Tony Alexander sees rates lower for longer as first home buyers enter market; real estate agents report sellers reluctant to cut prices; buyers keener to trade down
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China headed for stagflation?; Marc Faber's warning for Australia; China's shadow banking double whammy; Printing Greenbacks again; Dilbert
7th Dec 11, 10:43am
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China headed for stagflation?; Marc Faber's warning for Australia; China's shadow banking double whammy; Printing Greenbacks again; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Standard and Poor's may cut 15 Eurozone sovereign ratings, including Germany and France; Fonterra auction up 2.6%; RBA cuts, but will banks follow
7th Dec 11, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
11
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Standard and Poor's may cut 15 Eurozone sovereign ratings, including Germany and France; Fonterra auction up 2.6%; RBA cuts, but will banks follow
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Grim Reaper of overdue debt; German taxpayers bail out private bond holders; The stigma of monolithic cladding; Dilbert
6th Dec 11, 7:45pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Grim Reaper of overdue debt; German taxpayers bail out private bond holders; The stigma of monolithic cladding; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Merkel and Sarkozy to propose new EU treaty with tougher budget rules; Italy slashes spending; NZ$ hits 78 USc
6th Dec 11, 8:58am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Merkel and Sarkozy to propose new EU treaty with tougher budget rules; Italy slashes spending; NZ$ hits 78 USc
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Measure bank leverage; Brisbane's sagging property market; Cheap ChCh sections?; Cheap imported carbon credits; Credit Agricole's Axe sheet; Dilbert
5th Dec 11, 7:58pm
by Bernard Hickey
30
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Measure bank leverage; Brisbane's sagging property market; Cheap ChCh sections?; Cheap imported carbon credits; Credit Agricole's Axe sheet; Dilbert
Auckland housing 'extremely active'
Barfoot and Thompson reports 'extremely active' November; sales volumes up 23% from October and average prices up 2.5%. Your experience?
5th Dec 11, 10:29am
by Bernard Hickey
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Barfoot and Thompson reports 'extremely active' November; sales volumes up 23% from October and average prices up 2.5%. Your experience?
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: RBNZ expected to hold OCR; RBA seen cutting; Chinese non-manufacturing output contracts; China vs US on solar panels
5th Dec 11, 8:52am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: RBNZ expected to hold OCR; RBA seen cutting; Chinese non-manufacturing output contracts; China vs US on solar panels
A devil advocates buying property
Opinion: Bernard Hickey plays devil's advocate and says now is the time to borrow heavily to buy property. Your view?
5th Dec 11, 7:38am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey plays devil's advocate and says now is the time to borrow heavily to buy property. Your view?
Where to for gold in a euro collapse
NZ Mint's Mike O'Kane reviews gold's languishing price in recent months and looks at what might happen if the euro collapses. Your view?
2nd Dec 11, 9:38pm
by Bernard Hickey
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NZ Mint's Mike O'Kane reviews gold's languishing price in recent months and looks at what might happen if the euro collapses. Your view?
Dan Bell eyes a Euromess and the NZ$
Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including the Fed's intervention into the Euro debacle and China's factory output slump
2nd Dec 11, 9:05pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's global currencies action, including the Fed's intervention into the Euro debacle and China's factory output slump
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: GM's channel stuffing; Explaining Germany's fear of inflation; Australia may cap rents; Why banks' profit share of GDP quadrupled; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
2nd Dec 11, 7:47pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: GM's channel stuffing; Explaining Germany's fear of inflation; Australia may cap rents; Why banks' profit share of GDP quadrupled; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Iron Chancellor Angela Merkel refuses to allow ECB bond buying, but Italian boss of ECB may relent; China factory output falls
2nd Dec 11, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
10
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Iron Chancellor Angela Merkel refuses to allow ECB bond buying, but Italian boss of ECB may relent; China factory output falls
S&P downgrades big 4 banks to AA-
Standard and Poor's downgrades ratings of big four Australian banks and their NZ units by one notch to AA-
2nd Dec 11, 8:45am
by Bernard Hickey
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Standard and Poor's downgrades ratings of big four Australian banks and their NZ units by one notch to AA-