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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

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why 'mark-to-make-believe is no longer believed; Rabbi says Bin Laden was right about West's decadence; China wants Boeing, Apple; Dilbert
16th Sep 11, 11:51am
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why 'mark-to-make-believe is no longer believed; Rabbi says Bin Laden was right about West's decadence; China wants Boeing, Apple; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: UBS uncovers US$2 bln of losses by rogue trader Kweku Adoboli; Central banks intervene to lend US$ funds to European banks
16th Sep 11, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
29
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: UBS uncovers US$2 bln of losses by rogue trader Kweku Adoboli; Central banks intervene to lend US$ funds to European banks
'Let's target non-tradable inflation instead'
Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues the RBNZ should target non-tradable inflation to deal with a structural flaw that tilts our economy away from exporters
15th Sep 11, 9:32am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: Bernard Hickey argues the RBNZ should target non-tradable inflation to deal with a structural flaw that tilts our economy away from exporters
RBNZ lowers rates outlook
RBNZ holds OCR at 2.5% and lowers forecast track for interest rates by 60 bps due to high NZ$, slow quake rebuild and global economic risks
15th Sep 11, 9:05am
by Bernard Hickey
57
RBNZ holds OCR at 2.5% and lowers forecast track for interest rates by 60 bps due to high NZ$, slow quake rebuild and global economic risks
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The return of European nationalism; China tells West to fix its own debt problems; How about a new Bretton Woods or Marshall Plan to forgive debt?; Dilbert
14th Sep 11, 7:36pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The return of European nationalism; China tells West to fix its own debt problems; How about a new Bretton Woods or Marshall Plan to forgive debt?; Dilbert
A calculator for whether to fix or float
Should you fix, or stay floating?
14th Sep 11, 10:53am
by Bernard Hickey
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Should you fix, or stay floating?
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am: French bank stocks rebound, dragging up European and US stocks, but Greek default and Euro exit fears remain; OCR seen on hold
14th Sep 11, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
15
90 seconds at 9 am: French bank stocks rebound, dragging up European and US stocks, but Greek default and Euro exit fears remain; OCR seen on hold
Morning Marcus: Housing sales; Lotto bonanza; English's doubts;
Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about NZ's 2 speed housing market; Lotto's profit bonanza and Bill English's doubts
14th Sep 11, 6:16am
by Bernard Hickey
16
Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about NZ's 2 speed housing market; Lotto's profit bonanza and Bill English's doubts
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The rise of the Plutonomy; Wall St's 'piddling' Fed 'twist' profits; Germany's MAD Greek strategy; The amazing Chobani; Dilbert
13th Sep 11, 6:23pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: The rise of the Plutonomy; Wall St's 'piddling' Fed 'twist' profits; Germany's MAD Greek strategy; The amazing Chobani; Dilbert
House sales volumes rise in August
REINZ says house sales volumes up 21.1% vs August 2010; Median price up 1.4%; QV reports 0.1% rise in values in August vs year ago
13th Sep 11, 12:36pm
by Bernard Hickey
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REINZ says house sales volumes up 21.1% vs August 2010; Median price up 1.4%; QV reports 0.1% rise in values in August vs year ago
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Australian and European stocks slide on Greek fear; US stocks rebound on Italy's Chinese hopes; SocGen, BoA sack thousands
13th Sep 11, 8:59am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Australian and European stocks slide on Greek fear; US stocks rebound on Italy's Chinese hopes; SocGen, BoA sack thousands
Morning Marcus: Greek default; 9/11 cost; Contacts discounting
Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about how 9/11 may have bankrupted America; why Contact's discounting is good and behind Europe's slump
12th Sep 11, 8:17pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about how 9/11 may have bankrupted America; why Contact's discounting is good and behind Europe's slump
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Restructure the debt and punish bondholders first'; Australia's property Tsunami; China's ghost cities revisited; Is inflation the solution?; Dilbert
12th Sep 11, 12:21pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Restructure the debt and punish bondholders first'; Australia's property Tsunami; China's ghost cities revisited; Is inflation the solution?; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US, European stocks slump on Greek default and Eurozone fears; NZ$ drops to 82 USc as risk appetites shrivel
12th Sep 11, 8:58am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US, European stocks slump on Greek default and Eurozone fears; NZ$ drops to 82 USc as risk appetites shrivel
The problem with China's Renminbi
Opinion: China's growth will dominate NZ's economic future, but its renminbi may not replace the US$ any time soon
12th Sep 11, 7:53am
by Bernard Hickey
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Opinion: China's growth will dominate NZ's economic future, but its renminbi may not replace the US$ any time soon
Morning Marcus: Useless trains; Euro mess; ChCh section crisis
Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about the uselessness of trains; the worsening Eurozone crisis and the problem with section prices
12th Sep 11, 6:32am
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about the uselessness of trains; the worsening Eurozone crisis and the problem with section prices
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Public-private pillaging'; Even Gen Y is selling stocks and buying bonds; How a monoculture of frat boys run markets; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
9th Sep 11, 10:08am
by Bernard Hickey
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Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Public-private pillaging'; Even Gen Y is selling stocks and buying bonds; How a monoculture of frat boys run markets; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Bernanke's empty reassurances disappoint stock investors; ECB holds rate and warns of 'intensified risks'; NZ$ firm vs euro, pound
9th Sep 11, 9:00am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Bernanke's empty reassurances disappoint stock investors; ECB holds rate and warns of 'intensified risks'; NZ$ firm vs euro, pound
Morning Marcus: Obama's speech; Saab bankruptcy
Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Barack Obama's jobs speech; Saab's bankruptcy and house building at 10 yr low
8th Sep 11, 7:04pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about Barack Obama's jobs speech; Saab's bankruptcy and house building at 10 yr low
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Ignore the bond vigilantes and stimulate'; WTF were they thinking?; 'Tax the rich before the youth revolt'; How Marx was right; Dilbert
8th Sep 11, 2:00pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Ignore the bond vigilantes and stimulate'; WTF were they thinking?; 'Tax the rich before the youth revolt'; How Marx was right; Dilbert
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US and European stocks surge, NZ$ up after German court ruling and on hopes for Obama's US$300 bln jobs plan
8th Sep 11, 9:01am
by Bernard Hickey
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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US and European stocks surge, NZ$ up after German court ruling and on hopes for Obama's US$300 bln jobs plan
Morning Marcus: Yahoo, Right buy; Auckland growth
Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about markets turmoil; Yahoo's sacking; SAP's Right Hemisphere buy; Auckland's growth
7th Sep 11, 10:56pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Bernard Hickey talks with Marcus Lush on Radio Live at 6.50 am about markets turmoil; Yahoo's sacking; SAP's Right Hemisphere buy; Auckland's growth
What the Euro crisis means for NZ
Explainer: How Europe got itself into such a financial mess, what might happen next and what it might mean for New Zealanders
7th Sep 11, 10:24pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Explainer: How Europe got itself into such a financial mess, what might happen next and what it might mean for New Zealanders
'Real estate turning in sellers' favour'
Housing market turning in favour of sellers as first home buyer nibble more and clearance rates rise, agents say in REINZ-BNZ survey
7th Sep 11, 6:15pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Housing market turning in favour of sellers as first home buyer nibble more and clearance rates rise, agents say in REINZ-BNZ survey
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint
Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Just forgive the debt'; Why the Fed's 'Twist' won't work to create jobs; Goldman's China doubts; Animal and Beaker sing Yellow; Dilbert
7th Sep 11, 12:32pm
by Bernard Hickey
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Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Just forgive the debt'; Why the Fed's 'Twist' won't work to create jobs; Goldman's China doubts; Animal and Beaker sing Yellow; Dilbert