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

Milk powder prices fall 8.2%

Milk powder prices fall 8.2% in Fonterra's fortnightly online auction; whole milk powder down 11.1%

16th Mar 11, 8:06am

by Bernard Hickey

Milk powder prices fall 8.2% in Fonterra's fortnightly online auction; whole milk powder down 11.1%

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Panic in Japanese markets as radiation rises in Tokyo; 10% of Japanese capital stock may be destroyed; Radiation debate; Dilbert

15th Mar 11, 6:58pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Panic in Japanese markets as radiation rises in Tokyo; 10% of Japanese capital stock may be destroyed; Radiation debate; Dilbert

5 reasons why low rates are bad

Opinion: Bernard Hickey gives 5 reasons why low interest rates here and overseas are bad for us all in the long run

15th Mar 11, 11:33am

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey gives 5 reasons why low interest rates here and overseas are bad for us all in the long run

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A New Capitalist Manifesto; Mark and Eric's quick flick for NZ$20 mln; A Mid-Western hero; The Iron Chancellor; Dilberts

14th Mar 11, 11:21pm

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A New Capitalist Manifesto; Mark and Eric's quick flick for NZ$20 mln; A Mid-Western hero; The Iron Chancellor; Dilberts

Feb property market 'mixed' - REINZ

REINZ reports volumes up in Feb from Jan, but down from Feb 2010; median price up, but days to sell up too. What are you seeing?

14th Mar 11, 11:13am

by Bernard Hickey

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REINZ reports volumes up in Feb from Jan, but down from Feb 2010; median price up, but days to sell up too. What are you seeing?

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Why the Japanese catastrophe might not be as bad for the global and NZ economies as it first appears

14th Mar 11, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Why the Japanese catastrophe might not be as bad for the global and NZ economies as it first appears

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Horror Tsunami in Japan; The hole in Spain's Cajas; PIMCO sells out of US Treasuries; Peak coffee; 'My Big Fat Greek bond issue'; Dilbert

11th Mar 11, 7:58pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Horror Tsunami in Japan; The hole in Spain's Cajas; PIMCO sells out of US Treasuries; Peak coffee; 'My Big Fat Greek bond issue'; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Riots break out in eastern Saudi Arabian 'Day of Rage'; Dow falls 1.6%; Spain downgraded; Chinese trade deficit; Liddell leaving as GM CFO

11th Mar 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Riots break out in eastern Saudi Arabian 'Day of Rage'; Dow falls 1.6%; Spain downgraded; Chinese trade deficit; Liddell leaving as GM CFO

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ's dangerous debt spiral; A war to fix America's depression?; McKinsey's 'corrupted culture'; What so bad about deflation; Dilbert

11th Mar 11, 12:03am

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: NZ's dangerous debt spiral; A war to fix America's depression?; McKinsey's 'corrupted culture'; What so bad about deflation; Dilbert

RBNZ cuts OCR to 2.5%

RBNZ cuts OCR 50 bps to 2.5%, but says easing will need to be reversed once “rebuilding phase materializes”

10th Mar 11, 9:08am

by Bernard Hickey

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RBNZ cuts OCR 50 bps to 2.5%, but says easing will need to be reversed once “rebuilding phase materializes”

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Cattle futures hit record highs; Home builders Grasshopper and Sovereign go under; Fletcher sees NZ$20 bln quake cost

10th Mar 11, 7:35am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Cattle futures hit record highs; Home builders Grasshopper and Sovereign go under; Fletcher sees NZ$20 bln quake cost

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Remember the rent explosion forecast; John Hotchin's home detention; The iPhone deficit; Bahrain's political time bomb; Dilbert

9th Mar 11, 6:47pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Remember the rent explosion forecast; John Hotchin's home detention; The iPhone deficit; Bahrain's political time bomb; Dilbert

HSBC cuts mortgage rates pre-RBNZ

HSBC cuts 1 year mortgage rate 45 bps to 5.79% ahead of RBNZ's OCR decision on Thursday

9th Mar 11, 9:45am

by Bernard Hickey

HSBC cuts 1 year mortgage rate 45 bps to 5.79% ahead of RBNZ's OCR decision on Thursday

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Hubbard report shows NZ$31 mln hole, pawned assets; OPEC may pump more; Dow up

9th Mar 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Hubbard report shows NZ$31 mln hole, pawned assets; OPEC may pump more; Dow up

RBNZ rate cuts: the cases for and against

Moody's Analytics and HSBC make the cases for and against a RBNZ rate cut on Thursday

8th Mar 11, 6:09pm

by Bernard Hickey

Moody's Analytics and HSBC make the cases for and against a RBNZ rate cut on Thursday

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: He's Rich Ricci; Oil traders bet on Saudi 'Day of Rage'; Bond market rout 'just like in '94'; The Beijing consensus; Dilbert

8th Mar 11, 3:09pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: He's Rich Ricci; Oil traders bet on Saudi 'Day of Rage'; Bond market rout 'just like in '94'; The Beijing consensus; Dilbert

Property values up a bit in Feb - QV

QV says property values rose rose slightly in Feb from Jan, but still 1.7% lower than a year ago and 5.6% below late 07 peak

8th Mar 11, 12:34pm

by Bernard Hickey

QV says property values rose rose slightly in Feb from Jan, but still 1.7% lower than a year ago and 5.6% below late 07 peak

NZ budget deficit deepens in Jan

Treasury figures show budget deficit deepening as corporate, GST and income tax revenues are weaker than expected

8th Mar 11, 10:28am

by Bernard Hickey

Treasury figures show budget deficit deepening as corporate, GST and income tax revenues are weaker than expected

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am: 10,000 homes to be demolished; NZ$2.50/ltr petrol?; Greek rating slashed; Gold hits record; Libyan civil war

8th Mar 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am: 10,000 homes to be demolished; NZ$2.50/ltr petrol?; Greek rating slashed; Gold hits record; Libyan civil war

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Obama may tap oil reserve; 6 days to build 15 storeys; BRICs hiking; A horse named RRRR; Dilbert

7th Mar 11, 8:15pm

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Obama may tap oil reserve; 6 days to build 15 storeys; BRICs hiking; A horse named RRRR; Dilbert

Confidence hits 2 year low post-quake

BNZ survey shows confidence about economic outlook slumps to two year low after Feb 22 earthquake

7th Mar 11, 2:36pm

by Bernard Hickey

BNZ survey shows confidence about economic outlook slumps to two year low after Feb 22 earthquake

The question: to fix or to float

Opinion: Bernard Hickey looks at the options of fixing and floating ahead of the RBNZ's OCR decision

7th Mar 11, 12:13pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: Bernard Hickey looks at the options of fixing and floating ahead of the RBNZ's OCR decision

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Brownlee takes over Christchurch rebuild; wants old buildings demolished; emergency to be extended

7th Mar 11, 9:50am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Brownlee takes over Christchurch rebuild; wants old buildings demolished; emergency to be extended

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Go the Crusaders; China pushing for yuan as global reserve currency; Yellow turns red for the day; The costly country; Dilbert

4th Mar 11, 7:36pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Go the Crusaders; China pushing for yuan as global reserve currency; Yellow turns red for the day; The costly country; Dilbert

ANZ CEO sees quake delaying recovery

ANZ NZ CEO David Hisco sees Christchurch delaying NZ economic recovery by 6 months

4th Mar 11, 4:32pm

by Bernard Hickey

ANZ NZ CEO David Hisco sees Christchurch delaying NZ economic recovery by 6 months