Banking
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Kiwibank & Co-op cut rates, house buyer choice at decade high, Spark dumped, Fonterra bullish, exports shine, swaps on hold, NZD firms, & more
21st Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Kiwibank & Co-op cut rates, house buyer choice at decade high, Spark dumped, Fonterra bullish, exports shine, swaps on hold, NZD firms, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday: more find it tough to afford housing, child poverty progress ends, hot NZGB tender, Kiwibank gets ready to fundraise, swaps stable, NZD firmish, & more
20th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday: more find it tough to afford housing, child poverty progress ends, hot NZGB tender, Kiwibank gets ready to fundraise, swaps stable, NZD firmish, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; rush to drop floating rates, REINZ sees more sales at lower prices, farmers act like top dogs, PPI high, swaps stable, NZD lower, & more
19th Feb 25, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; rush to drop floating rates, REINZ sees more sales at lower prices, farmers act like top dogs, PPI high, swaps stable, NZD lower, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; TSB launches a hot one year mortgage rate, population growth slows and ages, Heartland gets vehicle loan indigestion, swaps firm, NZD eases, & more
18th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; TSB launches a hot one year mortgage rate, population growth slows and ages, Heartland gets vehicle loan indigestion, swaps firm, NZD eases, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TM Property listing load rises, services shift to expansion, migration flows slow, tourist arrivals speed up, a2 Milk has huge cash hoard, swaps and NZD stable, & more
17th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TM Property listing load rises, services shift to expansion, migration flows slow, tourist arrivals speed up, a2 Milk has huge cash hoard, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; SBS ends 5.35% TD special, rents flat, food prices surprise, PMI expands, NZX50 firm, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
14th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; SBS ends 5.35% TD special, rents flat, food prices surprise, PMI expands, NZX50 firm, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, FHB choose carefully, retail goes backwards, mortgage brokers squeal, inflation expectations tame, swaps stable, NZD slips, & more
13th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, FHB choose carefully, retail goes backwards, mortgage brokers squeal, inflation expectations tame, swaps stable, NZD slips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; ASB cuts retail rates, ANZ cuts business rates, work visa surge, brighter truckometer, concrete pour low, corruption slide, swaps waver, NZD holds, & more
12th Feb 25, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; ASB cuts retail rates, ANZ cuts business rates, work visa surge, brighter truckometer, concrete pour low, corruption slide, swaps waver, NZD holds, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, QV sees intrigue in 2025 housing markets, Tower warns on climate risk, dairy payout has upside, swaps on hold, NZD eases, & more
11th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, QV sees intrigue in 2025 housing markets, Tower warns on climate risk, dairy payout has upside, swaps on hold, NZD eases, & more
The private Member’s Bill could send bank staff to prison for denying loans to the fossil-fuel industry without a 'valid' commercial reason
10th Feb 25, 5:58pm
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The private Member’s Bill could send bank staff to prison for denying loans to the fossil-fuel industry without a 'valid' commercial reason
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rate trimmings, and a rise, big bond issues launched, grocery inflation fades, swaps up, NZD stable, bitcoin fades further, & more
10th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rate trimmings, and a rise, big bond issues launched, grocery inflation fades, swaps up, NZD stable, bitcoin fades further, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; some minor retail rate moves, FHB affordability improves, fast track launched, Tower profits higher, swaps rise, NZD firms, oil low, & more
7th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; some minor retail rate moves, FHB affordability improves, fast track launched, Tower profits higher, swaps rise, NZD firms, oil low, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; a sub 5% home loan rate surprises, the rising jobless rate doesn't surprise, car sales soft, retail also soft, emissions dip, commodity prices jump, swaps ease, NZD firms, & more
5th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; a sub 5% home loan rate surprises, the rising jobless rate doesn't surprise, car sales soft, retail also soft, emissions dip, commodity prices jump, swaps ease, NZD firms, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, DCS set for July launch, house prices fall in Auckland, building permits weak, eyes on dairy auction, swaps stable, NZD steady, & more
4th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, DCS set for July launch, house prices fall in Auckland, building permits weak, eyes on dairy auction, swaps stable, NZD steady, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many retail rate changes, inflation lingers, listings surge, the tariff war odour spreads over everything, swaps drop, NZD falls against the USD like everyone, & more
3rd Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many retail rate changes, inflation lingers, listings surge, the tariff war odour spreads over everything, swaps drop, NZD falls against the USD like everyone, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rate changes, consumer sentiment eases, housing & business lending firm but rural lending weak, TDs jump, swaps & NZD stable, & more
31st Jan 25, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rate changes, consumer sentiment eases, housing & business lending firm but rural lending weak, TDs jump, swaps & NZD stable, & more
David Hargreaves examines the year's worth of mortgage figures for 2024 and compares figures over a the 10-year timeframe that the detailed Reserve Bank data now covers
31st Jan 25, 12:55pm
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David Hargreaves examines the year's worth of mortgage figures for 2024 and compares figures over a the 10-year timeframe that the detailed Reserve Bank data now covers
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more BNZ rate cuts, Heartland TD cuts too, trade in surplus, exports rising, inflation lingering, NZGBs very popular, fraud in focus, swaps & NZD stable, & more
30th Jan 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; more BNZ rate cuts, Heartland TD cuts too, trade in surplus, exports rising, inflation lingering, NZGBs very popular, fraud in focus, swaps & NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; BNZ ends 5% TD rate, banking complaint scorecard update, mortgage interest paid swells, Aussie CPI modest, swaps & NZD hold, & more
29th Jan 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; BNZ ends 5% TD rate, banking complaint scorecard update, mortgage interest paid swells, Aussie CPI modest, swaps & NZD hold, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; more retail rate cuts, job numbers turn up, tractor numbers turn down, R/E agent commissions solid, swaps stable, NZD eases, & more
28th Jan 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; more retail rate cuts, job numbers turn up, tractor numbers turn down, R/E agent commissions solid, swaps stable, NZD eases, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; more home loan & TD rate cuts, rents softer, credit card use lower, but no credit card stress obvious, Turnbull to Milford, swaps stable, NZD marginally firmer, & more
24th Jan 25, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; more home loan & TD rate cuts, rents softer, credit card use lower, but no credit card stress obvious, Turnbull to Milford, swaps stable, NZD marginally firmer, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Kiwi Bond rates cut, migration & tourism updates, successful NZGB tender, Crown a/cs show taxpayer stress, record high benefit levels, swaps stable NZD firmish, & more
23rd Jan 25, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Kiwi Bond rates cut, migration & tourism updates, successful NZGB tender, Crown a/cs show taxpayer stress, record high benefit levels, swaps stable NZD firmish, & more
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon unveils new investment agency and hints at radical competition reforms as part of a new 2025 economic growth plan
23rd Jan 25, 1:14pm
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon unveils new investment agency and hints at radical competition reforms as part of a new 2025 economic growth plan
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; significant mortgage rate changes, dairy prices firm, real estate market quiet, inflation as expected, NZX50 little-changed, swaps stable, NZD on hold, & more
22nd Jan 25, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; significant mortgage rate changes, dairy prices firm, real estate market quiet, inflation as expected, NZX50 little-changed, swaps stable, NZD on hold, & more
BNZ chief economist Mike Jones says going short has 'tended to pay off' but he is 'compelled to offer a few competing viewpoints'
22nd Jan 25, 10:41am
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BNZ chief economist Mike Jones says going short has 'tended to pay off' but he is 'compelled to offer a few competing viewpoints'