Bernard Hickey | interest.co.nz

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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Latest articles

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What Bernanke's QE III helicopter might look like; A rag tag bag of China short sellers; Why the ECB is wasting its time; Dilberts

8th Aug 11, 3:27pm

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: What Bernanke's QE III helicopter might look like; A rag tag bag of China short sellers; Why the ECB is wasting its time; Dilberts

NZ house values steady in July - QV

Quotable Value says NZ house values steady overall in July. Auckland, ChCh firmer, while Wellington weaker and Hamilton, Dunedin stable

8th Aug 11, 12:30pm

by Bernard Hickey

Quotable Value says NZ house values steady overall in July. Auckland, ChCh firmer, while Wellington weaker and Hamilton, Dunedin stable

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am: ECB intervenes massively to stop PIGS contagion spreading to Italy, Spain; Markets brace for American downgrade fallout; NZ$ firm

8th Aug 11, 8:52am

by Bernard Hickey

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90 seconds at 9 am: ECB intervenes massively to stop PIGS contagion spreading to Italy, Spain; Markets brace for American downgrade fallout; NZ$ firm

The Great Repression has begun

Opinion: Bernard Hickey warns the developed economies have begun a Japanese-style Great Repression of interest rates to protect borrowers and bankers at the expense of savers

7th Aug 11, 11:46am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey warns the developed economies have begun a Japanese-style Great Repression of interest rates to protect borrowers and bankers at the expense of savers

Dan Bell's weekly currencies outlook

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's currencies turmoil

5th Aug 11, 5:42pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: HiFX's Dan Bell reviews the week's currencies turmoil

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: 'ECB must act to save Europe from new Depression'; 'Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory'; 'Italian bank run?'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

5th Aug 11, 3:01pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: 'ECB must act to save Europe from new Depression'; 'Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory'; 'Italian bank run?'; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ under 84 USc as Dow slumps more than 400 pts on growing fears about US recession and Euro crisis

5th Aug 11, 7:40am

by Bernard Hickey

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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: NZ$ under 84 USc as Dow slumps more than 400 pts on growing fears about US recession and Euro crisis

NZ$ down sharply after BoJ intervenes

NZ dollar falls more than 1 USc after Bank of Japan intervenes to drag yen lower vs US dollar; joins Swiss National Bank; no sign of RBNZ intervention

4th Aug 11, 2:54pm

by Bernard Hickey

NZ dollar falls more than 1 USc after Bank of Japan intervenes to drag yen lower vs US dollar; joins Swiss National Bank; no sign of RBNZ intervention

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How Amazon avoids sales taxes; US air traffic controllers unpaid; A generationally balanced budget; Foodstamp nation; Dilbert

4th Aug 11, 2:27pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: How Amazon avoids sales taxes; US air traffic controllers unpaid; A generationally balanced budget; Foodstamp nation; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow closes up on renewed talk of QE III after weak economic data; Swiss National Bank slashes rates to 0% to weaken franc; Gold at record high

4th Aug 11, 9:07am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Dow closes up on renewed talk of QE III after weak economic data; Swiss National Bank slashes rates to 0% to weaken franc; Gold at record high

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's property-lending steel SOE; China's (political) trainwreck; Europe's financial trainwreck; Greece's (not so silent) bank run; Dilbert

3rd Aug 11, 3:57pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's property-lending steel SOE; China's (political) trainwreck; Europe's financial trainwreck; Greece's (not so silent) bank run; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: S&P 500 slumps 2.5% on fears America, Europe headed for triple-dip recession; European debt crisis back on; Milk powder price falls

3rd Aug 11, 9:03am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: S&P 500 slumps 2.5% on fears America, Europe headed for triple-dip recession; European debt crisis back on; Milk powder price falls

'Why NZ banks must cut foreign borrowing'

Victoria University Economist Geoff Bertram argues the RBNZ should force NZ's banks to reduce their foreign currency borrowing to reduce pressure on NZ$

2nd Aug 11, 8:31pm

by Bernard Hickey

Victoria University Economist Geoff Bertram argues the RBNZ should force NZ's banks to reduce their foreign currency borrowing to reduce pressure on NZ$

Gareth Morgan fleshes out 'Big Kahuna'

Opinion: Gareth Morgan fleshes out his 'Big Kahuna' idea for a comprehensive capital tax and an unconditional basic income

2nd Aug 11, 7:02pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Gareth Morgan fleshes out his 'Big Kahuna' idea for a comprehensive capital tax and an unconditional basic income

Leaky homes a factor as deals collapse

First National reports 'over-zealous' building inspections of leaky and tired homes a factor in conditional deals falling through

2nd Aug 11, 3:52pm

by Bernard Hickey

First National reports 'over-zealous' building inspections of leaky and tired homes a factor in conditional deals falling through

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's shadow lending boom (and bust to come?); A ridiculous game of chicken; The West Wing's debt ceiling; Why the old want to default; Dilbert

2nd Aug 11, 1:13pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: China's shadow lending boom (and bust to come?); A ridiculous game of chicken; The West Wing's debt ceiling; Why the old want to default; Dilbert

ComCom decides no milk price inquiry

Commerce Commission against milk price controls; says plenty of competition between retailers and wholesalers, while Fonterra already regulated

2nd Aug 11, 9:29am

by Bernard Hickey

Commerce Commission against milk price controls; says plenty of competition between retailers and wholesalers, while Fonterra already regulated

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US markets weaker despite debt deal as doubts set in and manufacturing weakens; NZ$ off highs; HSBC cutting 30,000 jobs

2nd Aug 11, 9:03am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US markets weaker despite debt deal as doubts set in and manufacturing weakens; NZ$ off highs; HSBC cutting 30,000 jobs

10 ways to get the NZ$ down

Opinion: Bernard Hickey suggests 10 things John Key and Alan Bollard could do to at least try to soften the NZ$

2nd Aug 11, 8:13am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey suggests 10 things John Key and Alan Bollard could do to at least try to soften the NZ$

NZ$ spikes to record high on deal

NZ$ rises to 88.42 USc after Obama announces US$1 trln deal to raise debt ceiling; US dollar weakens as credit rating downgrade fears remain

1st Aug 11, 1:24pm

by Bernard Hickey

NZ$ rises to 88.42 USc after Obama announces US$1 trln deal to raise debt ceiling; US dollar weakens as credit rating downgrade fears remain

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'America now in Depression'; Ambrose's European warning; The Midwest's Madoff and his love of bunnies; Welsh rapper's Newport state of mind; Dilbert

1st Aug 11, 11:05am

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'America now in Depression'; Ambrose's European warning; The Midwest's Madoff and his love of bunnies; Welsh rapper's Newport state of mind; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US 'very close' to deal to raise debt ceiling; Markets braced for severe volatility without a deal

1st Aug 11, 8:51am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US 'very close' to deal to raise debt ceiling; Markets braced for severe volatility without a deal

How to deal with NZ's currency shock

Opinion: Bernard Hickey says NZ needs a Norwegian or Chilean style stabilisation fund to cure our 'Dutch Disease'. Your view?

1st Aug 11, 8:06am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey says NZ needs a Norwegian or Chilean style stabilisation fund to cure our 'Dutch Disease'. Your view?

Friday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Friday Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ an easy touch for global fraudsters; Gareth Morgan on the US debt ceiling fallout; 1 in 5 young NZers want to leave; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

29th Jul 11, 10:21am

by Bernard Hickey

Friday Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ an easy touch for global fraudsters; Gareth Morgan on the US debt ceiling fallout; 1 in 5 young NZers want to leave; Clarke and Dawe; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Focus on US Congressional votes as debt ceiling deadline nears; Dow closes down; NZ$ under 87 USc

29th Jul 11, 9:03am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Focus on US Congressional votes as debt ceiling deadline nears; Dow closes down; NZ$ under 87 USc