The Reserve Bank's view that the kiwi dollar is set to keep falling has reduced prospects of a cut in an official cash rate, economists say.

The Reserve Bank expects global reinsurers to pass on their mounting cost of the Canterbury earthquakes to their customers, with another round of hikes to their premiums.

New Zealand wage inflation slowed in the first three months of the year.

Alan Bollard's empty bluff on the high dollar exposes the problems with our monetary policy framework, says Bernard Hickey.

The government's debt sales have fallen below the $1.1 billion a month needed to meet this year's bond tender programme.