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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90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: China hikes rates to fend off inflation; Oil, copper prices fall; US bond auction demand weak; UK bank levy hiked

9th Feb 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: China hikes rates to fend off inflation; Oil, copper prices fall; US bond auction demand weak; UK bank levy hiked

QV reports house values stabilising

Quotable Value says values stabilised in January, but doing better in main centres than provincial areas

8th Feb 11, 12:47pm

by Bernard Hickey

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Quotable Value says values stabilised in January, but doing better in main centres than provincial areas

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: New Aussie laws may block loans to over 35s; Brazil eyes tariffs on Chinese imports; Key vs Wiesel on TPPA backflip; Dilbert

8th Feb 11, 11:07am

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: New Aussie laws may block loans to over 35s; Brazil eyes tariffs on Chinese imports; Key vs Wiesel on TPPA backflip; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am: Aussie GDP may contract; Long Egyptian bank queues; Inflation genie stirring; Sugar price up again

8th Feb 11, 9:08am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am: Aussie GDP may contract; Long Egyptian bank queues; Inflation genie stirring; Sugar price up again

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why inequality leads to financial crises; How to profit from inflation; 6 mln Super Bowl chicken wings; Dilberts

7th Feb 11, 2:57pm

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Why inequality leads to financial crises; How to profit from inflation; 6 mln Super Bowl chicken wings; Dilberts

'Catching tax avoiders the Norwegian way'

Opinion: Why Norwegian style transparency on tax paid, income earned and net worth is the solution for tax avoidance

7th Feb 11, 10:15am

by Bernard Hickey

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Opinion: Why Norwegian style transparency on tax paid, income earned and net worth is the solution for tax avoidance

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US jobs growth weak, but inflation fear rising; Rental market madness reports; Family trust boom beckons

7th Feb 11, 9:08am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: US jobs growth weak, but inflation fear rising; Rental market madness reports; Family trust boom beckons

"Rental market madness": Really?

NZ Herald, TV3 report "madness" in Auckland rental property market. Really? What are you seeing?

7th Feb 11, 8:32am

by Bernard Hickey

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NZ Herald, TV3 report "madness" in Auckland rental property market. Really? What are you seeing?

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Bernanke's fiscal nerves; Australian airline lobbying; Renminbi convertibility; Synlait's old powder; Dilbert

4th Feb 11, 12:24pm

by Bernard Hickey

Friday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Bernanke's fiscal nerves; Australian airline lobbying; Renminbi convertibility; Synlait's old powder; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Yasi destroys banana crop; Deutsche picks double dip NZ recession; Bill English wants to help RBNZ

4th Feb 11, 8:59am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Yasi destroys banana crop; Deutsche picks double dip NZ recession; Bill English wants to help RBNZ

Rival bidder emerges for PGG Wrightson

PGG Wrightson says has been approached by a rival bidder to China's Agria

4th Feb 11, 8:48am

by Bernard Hickey

PGG Wrightson says has been approached by a rival bidder to China's Agria

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Chinese money supply bigger than America's; Bill Gross' 'Devil's bargain'; Michael Lewis does Ireland; Dilbert

3rd Feb 11, 5:58pm

by Bernard Hickey

Thursday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: Chinese money supply bigger than America's; Bill Gross' 'Devil's bargain'; Michael Lewis does Ireland; Dilbert

Barfoots' January sales below 2010

Barfoots reports 563 properties sold in January, down from 583 in January 2010 as listings dry up again

3rd Feb 11, 11:12am

by Bernard Hickey

Barfoots reports 563 properties sold in January, down from 583 in January 2010 as listings dry up again

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Yasi hits, but downgraded to category 3; Egyptian crisis takes ugly turn; NZ jobless rate seen flat at 6.4%

3rd Feb 11, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Yasi hits, but downgraded to category 3; Egyptian crisis takes ugly turn; NZ jobless rate seen flat at 6.4%

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A bank-free economy?; Spousonomics; How to tax the rich; The bankless economy; Corrupt kleptocracy; Dilbert

2nd Feb 11, 2:04pm

by Bernard Hickey

Wednesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: A bank-free economy?; Spousonomics; How to tax the rich; The bankless economy; Corrupt kleptocracy; Dilbert

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Powder prices up 7.2% in Fonterra auction; NZ$ over 78 USc; Yield curve steepens; NZF debt for equity swap

2nd Feb 11, 9:02am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Powder prices up 7.2% in Fonterra auction; NZ$ over 78 USc; Yield curve steepens; NZF debt for equity swap

Monthly Gold roundup with NZ Mint

Double Shot Interview: Mike O'Kane from NZ Mint in our monthly Gold roundup

1st Feb 11, 10:24pm

by Bernard Hickey

Double Shot Interview: Mike O'Kane from NZ Mint in our monthly Gold roundup

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Leave out capital controls'; One more reason to avoid the TPP; The 'entrepreneurial' Crafars; Zuckerberg meets Eisenberg; Dilbert

1st Feb 11, 10:09pm

by Bernard Hickey

Tuesday's Top 10 with NZ Mint: 'Leave out capital controls'; One more reason to avoid the TPP; The 'entrepreneurial' Crafars; Zuckerberg meets Eisenberg; Dilbert

New house listings slump to record low

Realestate.co.nz reports new house listings slumped to record low in January and average asking price fell 2%

1st Feb 11, 9:24am

by Bernard Hickey

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Realestate.co.nz reports new house listings slumped to record low in January and average asking price fell 2%

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Oil price jumps on Mideast fears; European inflation stronger; Savings Working Group to report

1st Feb 11, 9:01am

by Bernard Hickey

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ: Oil price jumps on Mideast fears; European inflation stronger; Savings Working Group to report

Goff and Key miss 2 opportunities

Opinion: John Key and Phil Goff both missed big opportunities to address the key challenges of our age: income inequality and foreign debt

31st Jan 11, 1:28pm

by Bernard Hickey

Opinion: John Key and Phil Goff both missed big opportunities to address the key challenges of our age: income inequality and foreign debt

Monday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Monday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: China's Top Gun counterfeit; Govts stockpiling food; Baltic Dry Index strangely weak; China's dodgy GDP stats; Ukulele videos; Dilberts

31st Jan 11, 12:44pm

by Bernard Hickey

Monday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: China's Top Gun counterfeit; Govts stockpiling food; Baltic Dry Index strangely weak; China's dodgy GDP stats; Ukulele videos; Dilberts

NZ$ slides as Egyptian riots hit 'risky' currencies

NZ dollar starts weaker after Egyptian riots sparks flight to safety away from 'risky' currencies

31st Jan 11, 9:12am

by Bernard Hickey

NZ dollar starts weaker after Egyptian riots sparks flight to safety away from 'risky' currencies

Win tickets to see Inside Job (closed)

Interest.co.nz has (had) 10 double passes to see the Oscar nominated documentary about the Global Financial Crisis. Seen it? Your view?

31st Jan 11, 7:53am

by Bernard Hickey

Interest.co.nz has (had) 10 double passes to see the Oscar nominated documentary about the Global Financial Crisis. Seen it? Your view?

Saturday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint

Saturday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Egyptian conniption; America's jobless recovery; The problems with PPP; Chinese style cow milking; Dilbert

29th Jan 11, 3:39pm

by Bernard Hickey

Saturday's Top 10 at 10 with NZ Mint: Egyptian conniption; America's jobless recovery; The problems with PPP; Chinese style cow milking; Dilbert