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Westpac gifts above board - Key
There is nothing wrong with ministers accepting hospitality from the Government's banker Westpac, and it won't have any bearing on the decision that will follow a competitive tender for the contract, the Prime Minister says.
Farmers paying down debt - $1b cut since Sept
Bank lending to farmers has fallen $1 billion from its peak in September last year, latest Reserve Bank figures show.
<i>Jim Eagles</i>: Less bang for your Kiwi buck
Ombudsman Deborah Battell says her office has received complaints from travellers that paying in their home currency when using credit cards may actually cost them more.
Kiwibank eyes growth in business banking
NZ Post says it has ambitious plans for its subsidiary Kiwibank to take a bigger slice of the business banking market.
Plenty to disappoint observers on both ends of the political spectrum
They've given up even trying to grow the economy
Budget will get books in order - Key
The November 26 general election will be a test about economic management and tomorrow's budget will show the Government is up to the challenge, Prime Minister John Key says.
<i>Brian Gaynor: </i>Big Aussies lapping up their Kiwi cream
The four big Australian-owned banks - ANZ National, ASB, Bank of New Zealand and Westpac - are creaming it in New Zealand.
Colour us red - how deep in debt is NZ really?
Cutting debt - we'll be hearing plenty about that in next week's Budget, and the election campaign. But how deep in hock are we? Brian Fallow reports.
Borrowing boom casts long shadow
How long, cold and dark a shadow will be cast by the big build-up of household debt over the past decade?
Govt debt - it's the trend that's the worry
For 15 straight years until the recession of 2008-09, the New Zealand Government ran surpluses and paid down debt.
More insurance bailouts possible: Reserve Bank
More insurance companies may require bailouts as a result of the Christchurch earthquakes.