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A rare window of normal economic service looms, we need to embrace that while it lasts.
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A large portion of mortgage debt will be repriced this year.
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If the RBNZ's new forecasts are right, we might be in for a hard landing.
Adrian Orr hits back at U-turn criticism
Reserve Bank governor responds to claims the central bank has done a flip-flop since May.
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New Selected Price Index offers insight into how inflation is tracking.
Markets heavily favour OCR cut this week
Market pricing points to a rate cut from the Reserve Bank this week but views are mixed.
Liam Dann: The real price we pay for inflation is becoming clear
OPINION: Youth unemployment stats offer a grim reminder of inflation toll.
Unemployment rose to 4.6% in the June quarter. Will that prompt a rate cut?
More people were jobless as winter arrived, but public sector wages rose 6.9% in a year.
ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank drop some lending rates
Cuts made ahead of next week's OCR announcement.
Will higher unemployment bring interest rates down faster?
Stats NZ releases labour market data for the second quarter on Wednesday.
If wages have kept up with inflation, what are we complaining about?
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Why higher-spending households are under the most price pressure
The household cost price indexes show a 5.4% increase in costs in the 12 months to June.
Liam Dann: Green shoots - remember them? What the GFC taught us about economic recoveries
OPINION: Interest rate falls are great news but the real economy will take longer to turn.
Editorial: Bars and eateries are on the brink - let’s support them
If we don't support local bars and restaurants, they might not be there when we want them.
Opinion: Science sector review and a better future for NZ
OPINION: This could be a once-in-a-generation chance to transform our R&D.
Auckland, Canterbury, Wellington defy house price downturn
High interest rates, cost of living pressures driving some to put their homes up for sale.
Liam Dann: Economic optimism has broken out... should we be worried?
OPINION: There's light at the end of the tunnel, what if it's a train?
US inflation eased further in June, helping cement path to rate cuts
Another dose of encouraging data.
Rate cut in November looking likely: Economist
RBNZ 'all over the place' but mostly moving in the right direction, Michael Reddell says.
Will the RBNZ's dovish pivot see mortgage and deposit rates start falling soon?
Financial markets believe OCR could be cut as early as next month.
Reserve Bank keeps OCR on hold but expectations rise for earlier cut
The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate on hold for the eighth consecutive meeting.
What is really ailing New Zealand's craft brewers?
There has been no shortage of well-known breweries hitting trouble in recent years.
S&P 500, Nasdaq post record closing highs as data stokes hope for rate cut
Markets hoping the Fed will finally cut interest rates.
Liam Dann: Don't let this tough economic cycle dim our national pride
Opinion: We're not Switzerland or Ireland and we shouldn't try to be, says Liam Dann.
Willis confident in call to reappoint RBNZ chairman
Neil Quigley to remain Reserve Bank board chairman for another two years.
NZ out of recession but 'don’t pop the champagne just yet'
We're out of technical recession - just - but GDP per capita is still falling
UK inflation falls to bank’s 2% target rate for first time in nearly three years
Governing Conservative Party keen to take credit for development.
Cost of living: Reserve Bank outlining path ‘back to 2% inflation’
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Liam Dann: Worse than recession – have we hit stagflation?
OPINION: Is New Zealand getting stuck in the worst possible economic trap?
Food price inflation running out of steam in latest stats
Cheaper chicken and lamb, big drop in fresh produce prices, but bank warns of 'payback'.