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ANZ goes second, cutting retail rates. Both fixed home loan and term deposit rates have been sliced, some by as much as -30 bps. Almost certainly they will be followed by the other major banks, forcing the challenger banks into a tough spot
17th Jul 24, 5:59pm
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ANZ goes second, cutting retail rates. Both fixed home loan and term deposit rates have been sliced, some by as much as -30 bps. Almost certainly they will be followed by the other major banks, forcing the challenger banks into a tough spot
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; CPI inflation eases more than expected, rents top out, dairy prices surprise, Synlait surprises again, swaps uncertain, NZD firms, & more
17th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; CPI inflation eases more than expected, rents top out, dairy prices surprise, Synlait surprises again, swaps uncertain, NZD firms, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; quiet on the retail rate front, realtor commissions sink with market, eyes on dairy prices and CPI, insurance premium cost risk rises, swaps ease, NZD falls, & more
16th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; quiet on the retail rate front, realtor commissions sink with market, eyes on dairy prices and CPI, insurance premium cost risk rises, swaps ease, NZD falls, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; another Notice Saver launches, PSI terrible, REINZ June data not much better, tractor sale dire, swaps stable, NZD eases, & more
15th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; another Notice Saver launches, PSI terrible, REINZ June data not much better, tractor sale dire, swaps stable, NZD eases, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; retail rates edge lower; PMI falls sharply, retail starved of demand, Dosh wants to be a bank, swaps soft, NZD unchanged, & more
12th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; retail rates edge lower; PMI falls sharply, retail starved of demand, Dosh wants to be a bank, swaps soft, NZD unchanged, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Westpac makes early retail rate moves, food prices fall, truckometer issues warning, NZGB demand returns, swaps eyed, NZD stops falling, & more
11th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Westpac makes early retail rate moves, food prices fall, truckometer issues warning, NZGB demand returns, swaps eyed, NZD stops falling, & more
Westpac has responded to the diving wholesale rates following dovish RBNZ signals by cutting its popular short fixed home loan rates, and trimming its short term deposit rate offers
11th Jul 24, 12:11pm
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Westpac has responded to the diving wholesale rates following dovish RBNZ signals by cutting its popular short fixed home loan rates, and trimming its short term deposit rate offers
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; RBNZ sends dovish signals so TD rates now on watch, migration turns negative, tourism recovers, job ads dive, swaps fall sharply, NZD down, & more
10th Jul 24, 4:01pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; RBNZ sends dovish signals so TD rates now on watch, migration turns negative, tourism recovers, job ads dive, swaps fall sharply, NZD down, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; oceans warmest, tax fraud punished with wet noodles, property investors return for residential, scarce for commercial, swaps unchanged, NZD slips, & more
9th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; oceans warmest, tax fraud punished with wet noodles, property investors return for residential, scarce for commercial, swaps unchanged, NZD slips, & more
Latest Reserve Bank figures show one in six mortgages in May was taken up for the previously very unfashionable fixed rate term of six months
9th Jul 24, 3:43pm
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Latest Reserve Bank figures show one in six mortgages in May was taken up for the previously very unfashionable fixed rate term of six months
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Kiwibank ups two short TD rates, supermarket cost pressure eases, RBNZ watches shadow banks, Contact commissions more geothermal capacity, swaps & NZD stable, & more
8th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; Kiwibank ups two short TD rates, supermarket cost pressure eases, RBNZ watches shadow banks, Contact commissions more geothermal capacity, swaps & NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rates changes; passport backlog eases, deprecation changes hit companies with buildings, swaps and NZD little-changed, & more
5th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; no retail rates changes; passport backlog eases, deprecation changes hit companies with buildings, swaps and NZD little-changed, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ pulls back on TD offers, IRD eyes crypto compliance problems, weak demand for NZGBs, household wealth rises, swaps and NZD stable, & more
4th Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ pulls back on TD offers, IRD eyes crypto compliance problems, weak demand for NZGBs, household wealth rises, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; June retail weak in early reports, dairy prices drop, glut of houses for sale, commodity prices rise, swaps meaner, NZD firmish, & more
3rd Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; June retail weak in early reports, dairy prices drop, glut of houses for sale, commodity prices rise, swaps meaner, NZD firmish, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; a river of bad data and bad news, eyes on dairy auction, livestock farmers may have to wait till 2026 for better returns, swaps firm, NZD weak, & more
2nd Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; a river of bad data and bad news, eyes on dairy auction, livestock farmers may have to wait till 2026 for better returns, swaps firm, NZD weak, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; filled jobs stop rising, car sales slump, Tesla wins local big battery contract, log prices rise, SFO gets ringleader, swaps hold, NZD holds, & more
1st Jul 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; filled jobs stop rising, car sales slump, Tesla wins local big battery contract, log prices rise, SFO gets ringleader, swaps hold, NZD holds, & more
Latest RBNZ figures show NZ's housing lending stock increased by over $1.3 billion in May, while the annual growth rate was the highest for over a year
29th Jun 24, 6:31am
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Latest RBNZ figures show NZ's housing lending stock increased by over $1.3 billion in May, while the annual growth rate was the highest for over a year
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Westpac nudges home loan rates, consumer & business sentiment low, progress on inflation, home loan borrowers switch more, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
27th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; Westpac nudges home loan rates, consumer & business sentiment low, progress on inflation, home loan borrowers switch more, swaps firm, NZD soft, & more
Westpac's latest mortgage rate adjustments bring their higher rates down into line with their main rivals. We ask readers to record the below-card offers they get on their banking apps so others can know where real savings can be won
26th Jun 24, 6:00pm
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Westpac's latest mortgage rate adjustments bring their higher rates down into line with their main rivals. We ask readers to record the below-card offers they get on their banking apps so others can know where real savings can be won
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; retail rate-change drought extends, power consumers do it tough, Parliament eyes banking inquiry, Aussie CPI surprises, swaps up, NZD stable, & more
26th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; retail rate-change drought extends, power consumers do it tough, Parliament eyes banking inquiry, Aussie CPI surprises, swaps up, NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; job market confidence drops hard, surge in older migrants getting residency, job ads fall, power price concerns rise, swaps & NZD unchanged
25th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; job market confidence drops hard, surge in older migrants getting residency, job ads fall, power price concerns rise, swaps & NZD unchanged
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; no retail rate changes, home loan (un)affordability stable, record-high exports, eyes on grocery prices, swaps and NZD on hold, & more
24th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; no retail rate changes, home loan (un)affordability stable, record-high exports, eyes on grocery prices, swaps and NZD on hold, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Foodstuff merger decision delayed again, directors banned, personal loans securitised, thoughts on our foreign loans, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
21st Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Foodstuff merger decision delayed again, directors banned, personal loans securitised, thoughts on our foreign loans, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, no growth, slowing house building, modest NZGB demand, all about RCS, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
20th Jun 24, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, no growth, slowing house building, modest NZGB demand, all about RCS, swaps firm, NZD unchanged, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; a key TD rate change, dairy prices slip, carbon auction shunned, current account deficit fell, farmers happy yes/no, swaps unchanged, NZD slips
19th Jun 24, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; a key TD rate change, dairy prices slip, carbon auction shunned, current account deficit fell, farmers happy yes/no, swaps unchanged, NZD slips