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Baby boomers leaving the workforce
A knowledge and experience vacuum is likely to be hard to fill

IMF cuts world growth forecast
Brexit and growing economic inequality has been highlighted by the IMF as a risk to the global economy.

Slowdown predictions 'overstated'
Real estate chief says fears about Auckland property market unfounded as prices rocket 14 per cent.

Banknotes: Which ones are better?
The Reserve Bank of Australia has unveiled the design of the country's new $5 banknote, and the reaction has been mixed.

Anna Russell: Why is attitude everything?
COMMENT: Anna Russell discusses why attitude is the key to success.

Liam Dann: Record angel spend great omen for economy
COMMENT: If there is an upside to the dairy downturn it might be the economic incentive it provides for New Zealanders to try new things.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: How you free up weeks of your life
COMMENT: Debbie Mayo-Smith talks how to free up your time.

New banknotes: All you need to know
New $20, $50 and $100 banknotes use Te Reo Maori.

Kiwi falls amid Fed ambiguity
The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 1.6 per cent weekly decline against the greenback.

Brian Fallow: When work isn't working
COMMENT: Technology and foreign competition are consuming jobs, but a universal income is too crude and costly a solution.

Gordon MacDonald: Updated law encourages everyone to help keep our team safe
COMMENT: No one wants to see a worker, colleague or friend hurt. No boss wants to have to tell a family member that their loved one is in hospital or worse still, won't be coming home ever again, writes Grant McDonald.

Reddits' top ten Kiwi employment tips
Here are Reddit users' top ten tips for gaining employment.

The Economy Hub: Where to next?
Watch: The Kiwi dollar's rise this month has forced banks to revise their forecasts while they wait to see what the US Fed's next move is.

Employers consider recruitment options
Businesses using recruitment agencies to hire staff may be missing out on exposure to almost half of prospective applicants.

NZ businesses turn pessimistic
1 percent of firms surveyed in the NZ Institute of Economic Research's quarterly survey of business opinion expect general business conditions to deteriorate.

Robyn Pearce: Three tips to simplify your busy life
COMMENT: Robyn Pearce talks three ways to declutter your life.

Bosses face tough new safety laws
Forest owners could have been liable for fines of up to $3 million if worker Blair Palmer had been killed by a falling tree today rather than last week.

Yahoo to lose another senior manager
Yahoo is losing the senior vice president who oversees talent acquisition and development.

Fed's caution boosts kiwi
The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 3.2 per cent weekly gain against the greenback.

Holidays Act is landing businesses in hot water
COMMENT: Why is this legislation so difficult to comply with and which types of businesses are most at risk?

Economists are warming to government intervention
COMMENT: Economists argue so much about everything that people are always asking them "Is there anything you folks agree on?"

Brian Fallow: Froth disguises the facts
COMMENT: At a first glance, economic growth lately does not look too bad. At a closer look, the picture is more froth than beer.

A funny thing happened on the way to recession
COMMENT: Pessimism over the economic outlook and in financial markets was overdone early this year -- but so too is the more recent euphoria.