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Workers distraught after restaurant chain lays off 150 despite wage subsidy
Good Group says pandemic has decimated business, and it kept as many staffers as it could.
Mary Holm: Invest or pay off the mortgage? The balance is changing
With mortgage rates so low, wouldn't it be better to put your money into a share fund.
Mary Holm: Should I stick with the market through its ups and downs?
Ride the wave — wherever it takes you.
Budget 2020: Economists deliver post-Budget hangover
While broadly supportive of the Budget economists are wary of high debt and rosy forecasts
NZ shares edge lower as investors digest QE, Covid fund
The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell 14.48 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 10,730.68.
Thomas Pippos: It's the economy stupid!
The Government dodged rather than addressed the tax bullet.
Budget 2020: Unemployment seen peaking at 9.8% in September
The economy faces a relatively short and very sharp recession over coming year.
Editorial: Budget 2020 must focus on survival
Editorial: Shape of recovery important but Budget needs emergency support measures.
Reserve Bank leaves door ajar for negative NZ interest rates
RBNZ holds official rate at 0.25 pct but asks lenders to prepare for a shift below zero.
Liam Dann: Welcome to world where $60b buy-up is no surprise
The Reserve Bank has doubled down.
Michael Cullen v Steven Joyce on Budget: Saving business, consumer confidence
Two political heavyweights of NZ politics talk about crises, past and present.
RBNZ hikes bond buying to $60 billion, expects mortgage rates to fall
The Official Cash Rate is staying at 0.25 per cent.
RBNZ ramping up bond buying as market braces for Govt's wall of debt
Huge wall of bonds about to hit the market
Twitter employees can work from home forever
'Our offices will be their warm and welcoming selves when we feel it's safe to return'.
Fran O'Sullivan: The one key assurance businesses need from the PM
Declaring NZ will never go back to level 4 is the message business sector sorely needs.
Budget Preview: No big bang, there is no silver bullet
Deloitte CEO Thomas Pippos gives his prediction for this year's Budget.
UK financial experts on why NZ will be one of the best places in the world to invest
New Zealand is in a better position than most to restart the economy.
Mary Holm: I'm 30 and I've just got a cash windfall - where should I invest?
You can still end up buying bargains when the market falls.
'I feel let down, betrayed' - How it feels to be one of thousands of newly jobless
In April, more than 1000 people a day went on to a main benefit, with the worst to come.
Budget 2020: Robertson faces epic timing dilemma
Expect big numbers as the debt mounts but don't expect to see it all spend next Thursday.
Covid-19 hit: Govt spend comes in $4.4b higher than expected
The response to Covid-19 has been expensive.
Bank of England warning: Worst recession in 300 years
The Bank of England dusted off the history books for comparison.
Unpicking the numbers: NZ's rising jobless and the future shape of work
It will be a long time before we see employment data as strong as this week's numbers.
Market Watch: Why have stocks stayed so strong?
After a crash in March and surge in April, what's next for the global stockmarket?
The Conversation: Coronavirus hasn't killed globalisation - it proves we need it
Relying on ad hoc government responses has slowed down the fight against the virus.
Paul Conway: Now is the time to build a better NZ economy
Covid-19 has cut a swathe through our economy.
Two major law firms repay wage subsidy
Law firms have come under fire for tapping into the wage subsidy scheme.
Unemployment rate rises to 4.2%, worst still to come
Unemployment data for first quarter indicates economy was in good shape before crisis.