Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard isn't expected to start hiking interest rates again until the middle of next year after he held the official cash rate at 3 per cent today.

I worry that the banks are trying to unleash those animal spirits in the housing markets again.

The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate on hold at 3 per cent. In his Monetary Policy Statement, Governor Alan Bollard said the pace of economic growth 'appears to have moderated'.

The Commerce Commission says it's investigating the sale of "Credit Sails" bonds, which crashed during the global financial crisis.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is pressing for the power of veto over significant purchases by the country's banks.

The Belgian Finance Minister has hinted that the €750 billion ($1.3 trillion) EU bailout fund could be increased, in a further sign of the confusion and discord over the best way to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis.

I don't want a friend - just a bank that knows its place.

Stocks in Europe and on Wall St surged overnight to start the final month of the year with an optimistic view that central banks and policy makers were committed to shoring up economic growth.

A leading financial adviser accused of a road rage hit-and-run incident can be named for the first time.

Concern about Europe's fiscal crisis was at the forefront of investors' minds again as they sold equities, the euro and European government debt.

The Labour Party's finance spokesman, David Cunliffe, raised some eyebrows last Thursday