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Bernard Hickey: Sickly storm brews over healthcare, pension costs
What will our health system look like in 2060 if we change none of the entitlements or the way they're paid for?

Dita De Boni: When it's kids or career
Glass ceiling will stay unless firms find new ways for parents to work.

Brian Fallow: Monetary policy needs mates
Brian Falllow ponders what can be done about the high kiwi dollar. And would changing the Reserve Bank's statutory mandate do any good?

Economy grows: Up 0.6pc
The economy is growing faster than many were predicting, with GDP up 0.6 per cent in the three months to June.

Kiwi surges as Fed prepares to print billions
The New Zealand dollar surged to a six-month high against the greenback yesterday.

Biggest problem our over-valued dollar
Bryan Gould says that as job losses reach crisis proportions we have to put up with the 'same old tired and ill-informed assertions to the effect that over-valuation is not the culprit.'

Brian Fallow: Fate of youth gloomiest stat of all
Brian Fallow on youth unemployment following recent announcements of lay-offs and redundancies.

Red tape obstructing construction, inquiry told
New Zealand's top construction companies are at breaking point over a rising tide of red tape, an inquiry heard today.

Alan Bollard's farewell + video
Outgoing Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has delivered his final Monetary Policy Statement and left the OCR unchanged at a record low of 2.5 per cent.

Cleaners get $14k in job fight
A cleaning company leading a campaign against part of the Employment Relations Act has again been hit with a fine for unjustifiably dimissing its employees.