Economy / News
Economy / News
13th Oct 25, 7:19am
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US policy unnerves markets, tensions with China renewed; Canada grows more jobs than the US; Japanese politics stumbles; Aussie business soft ahead of jobs data; UST 10yr at 4.05%; gold recovers, oil lower; NZ$1 = 57.2 USc; TWI-5 = 61.8
Currencies / Opinion
Currencies / Opinion
13th Oct 25, 8:20am
by Roger J Kerr
Roger J Kerr says it's no wonder that economists and market analysts are reverting to high-frequency alternative measures of economic activity
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Currencies / Analysis
Currencies / Analysis
13th Oct 25, 7:22am
by Jason Wong
Trump reacts to China's extension of rare earth export controls with fury; threatens massive lift in Chinese import tariffs. US equities tumble. Safe-haven currencies outperform, including JPY despite further political instability
Banking / Opinion
Banking / Opinion
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11th Oct 25, 7:00am
by Guest
As the world grapples with environmental and social issues, the spotlight has slowly been brought to the Asia-Pacific
Investing / Opinion
Investing / Opinion
12th Oct 25, 12:01pm
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by Guest
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The World Gold Council says gold will hold its ground and perhaps see further uplift should equities experience a correction, given the plethora of supportive factors elsewhere. But a major liquidity squeeze could upend both gold and equities
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Economy / News
8th Oct 25, 2:13pm
45
The Reserve Bank slashed the Official Cash Rate to 2.50% to bolster faith in an economic recovery that seems to have stalled over the past six months
Personal Finance / Analysis
[updated]
8th Oct 25, 4:42pm
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ANZ is the first mover after the -50 bps OCR cut, passing on -40 bps to floating rate borrowers, Westpac only passes on -30 bps, ASB & BNZ go -30 bps too. By Kiwibank it is -35 bps
Personal Finance / News
9th Oct 25, 5:00am
Sharesies teams up with Mastercard to offer debit card where people can earn money that goes into their investments
Currencies / Analysis
9th Oct 25, 7:50am
US equities have recovered after their one-day dip, with investors disregarding warnings of a developing AI bubble. The NZD recovers a lot of its loss after the RBNZ’s dovish 50bps cut. OIS market prices in a full 25bps cut for November
Economy / News
[updated]
7th Oct 25, 10:27am
45
A 50 basis-point cut to the Official Cash Rate would not be difficult to justify, economist says, as long-running NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion shows falling confidence in September quarter
Public Policy / Opinion
8th Oct 25, 10:06am
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Susan St John argues Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children, and squeeze households further
Property / News
8th Oct 25, 12:01pm
24
Number of properties available to rent up 24% compared to a year ago, with the average asking rent down $20 a week