Bernard Hickey: Trim debt load with the savings we make for you
Reserve Bank figures show household debt, which is 94 per cent mortgages, is still 141.7 per cent of disposable income.
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Big banks keep cutting interest rates
BNZ has cut a key mortgage rate this morning, following rate cutting by other banks on Saturday morning.
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NZ dollar drops to 4-month low as Europe rattles markets
The New Zealand dollar fell to a four-month low overnight amid market concern about the election of new governments in France and Greece.
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