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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ & Kiwi Bond rates trimmed, business sentiment stays elevated, one in 6 disabled, bank profit problems, electricity market problems, swaps stable, NZD softish, & more
27th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ & Kiwi Bond rates trimmed, business sentiment stays elevated, one in 6 disabled, bank profit problems, electricity market problems, swaps stable, NZD softish, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; focus on test rates, PIEs get global attention, house build costs rise, S&P looking at local authority credit ratings, swaps stable again, NZD softish, & more
26th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; focus on test rates, PIEs get global attention, house build costs rise, S&P looking at local authority credit ratings, swaps stable again, NZD softish, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; more retail rate cuts, fewer Auckland houses built, fears over winter power, NZX hurt by Ryman, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
25th Feb 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, fewer Auckland houses built, fears over winter power, NZX hurt by Ryman, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many rate changes, all cuts, housing market sentiment firms, retail shows green shoots, NZX drops hard, swaps on hold, NZD little-changed, & more
24th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many rate changes, all cuts, housing market sentiment firms, retail shows green shoots, NZX drops hard, swaps on hold, NZD little-changed, & more
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
Banks quick out of the blocks with cuts to floating home loan rates - and they are also cutting savings account rates at the same time
19th Feb 25, 2:05pm
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Banks quick out of the blocks with cuts to floating home loan rates - and they are also cutting savings account rates at the same time
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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
Latest monthly RBNZ figures show sharp drops in what customers were paying on new mortgage rates in the second half of last year - but the bank yields on existing mortgages are falling only very slightly
12th Feb 25, 9:00am
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Latest monthly RBNZ figures show sharp drops in what customers were paying on new mortgage rates in the second half of last year - but the bank yields on existing mortgages are falling only very slightly
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
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
Latest monthly RBNZ figures show that in December the very brief flirtation with floating rate mortgages was replaced by a surge of interest in six month fixed rates
10th Feb 25, 3:47pm
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Latest monthly RBNZ figures show that in December the very brief flirtation with floating rate mortgages was replaced by a surge of interest in six month fixed rates
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
The decision by many homeowners to position themselves for expected interest rate cuts will see an average of over $30b a month worth of mortgages need refixing in the first six months of this year
6th Feb 25, 6:00am
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The decision by many homeowners to position themselves for expected interest rate cuts will see an average of over $30b a month worth of mortgages need refixing in the first six months of this year
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
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