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While lower interest rates help homeowners, rising rents just add to pressure on the poor.
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Data breach: Reserve Bank likely facing $250K ransom; files from other victims made public
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Jarden Brief: Biden weighs economic choices on trade with China
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Westpac economists forecast second 'technical recession' for NZ
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Auckland house prices drop $25,000, sales fall 46%
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Liam Dann: Why this lockdown should cost the economy less
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The new world of work has had some intended consequences.
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