Economy / News
Economy / News
28th Aug 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; retail rates keep falling, home loan affordability improves again, business sentiment little-changed, jobs market improves, swaps soft, NZD firmish, & more
Property / News
Property / News
28th Aug 25, 3:20pm
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by Greg Ninness
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ANZ economists expect the OCR to be cut to 2.5% by the end of the year but point to it going back up at some stage
Business / News
Business / News
28th Aug 25, 1:33pm
Latest ANZ Business Outlook Survey shows business confidence generally was actually lower after the Reserve Bank's 'dovish' shift last week - but residential construction intentions were 'markedly higher'
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Property / Analysis
Property / Analysis
28th Aug 25, 8:47am
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by Greg Ninness
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First home buyers have benefited considerably from falling house prices and interest rates over the last few years
Public Policy / News
Public Policy / News
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28th Aug 25, 10:36am
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Six months after Adrian Orr left the Reserve Bank, the RBNZ - on the request of the Chief Ombudsman - has released a timeline to Orr's negotiated resignation, including the RBNZ board withdrawing a letter it sent raising several issues with Orr
Rural News / News
Rural News / News
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28th Aug 25, 1:47pm
State owned farming company Pamu reveals sharply higher earnings for its 2025 year
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Investing / Opinion
23rd Aug 25, 9:27am
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Desmond Lachman warns that valuations in the US are increasingly at odds with escalating geopolitical and economic risks
Personal Finance / Analysis
26th Aug 25, 9:01am
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BNZ cuts fixed home loan rates, following Westpac down. Challenger banks are going even lower, with Coop Bank and SBS Bank with very low FHB specials, and ICBC has a new market-low one year fixed rate
Currencies / Opinion
24th Aug 25, 1:44pm
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Dennis Snower warns that the end of the greenback's global primacy could trigger a panic-driven global economic re-ordering
Personal Finance / Analysis
27th Aug 25, 5:51pm
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Our largest home loan lender ANZ has now responded to the Westpac and BNZ fixed rate moves lower with their own mortgage rate cuts, leaving ASB and Kiwibank as the other majors yet to respond
Property / News
23rd Aug 25, 7:00am
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The latest auctions achieved the highest overall sales rate in almost two years
Banking / News
22nd Aug 25, 12:20pm
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A majority of Finance and Expenditure Committee members want the Reserve Bank to scrap all further increases in bank capital requirements and establish an independent committee to make prudential policy more market friendly
Rural News / News
26th Aug 25, 10:32am
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Forsyth Barr analysts give Fonterra's $4.22b sale of its consumer businesses to French giant Lactalis a big tick and say the price was ahead of their expectations