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Business shows more confidence
Business confidence has rebounded in ANZ's monthly survey, the first since the general election.
Holding rate gets support from board
If the Reserve Bank leaves the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent today it will be the right call, the NZIER's shadow monetary policy board believes.
Brian Fallow: Wealth gap goes mainstream
It is a sign that the times, they are a-changin' when leading central bankers, of all people, are publicly deploring prevailing levels of, and trends in, inequality.
Low CPI tipped to hold rate rise
Economists now expect the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates on hold until September next year after inflation in the September quarter proved even more benign than it had forecast.
BNZ boss backs efforts to clean up polluted waterways
BNZ chief executive Anthony Healy has thrown his weight behind efforts to clean up New Zealand's polluted waterways.
LVR policy dampened inflation - Wheeler
The Reserve Bank's introduction of limits to low-equity mortgage lending last year had "a dampening" impact on house price inflation, Graeme Wheeler said today.
FMA: Beware cold-callers
The Financial Markets Authority is sounding the alarm over cold-callers touting questionable foreign investment schemes to New Zealand consumers.
Why the poor pay sky-high interest rates
An entire industry has grown around handing low-income earners a lifeline to the material rewards of middle-class life, but it comes at a hidden price.
Dollar rises against yen as global sentiment improves
The New Zealand dollar gained against the Japanese yen as improved US economic data bolstered sentiment on global growth.
Bernard Hickey: Unseen risk of fiscal haircut
Do you think the money you have in a bank term deposit is Govt guaranteed? If so, you're wrong, but you're not alone, writes Bernard Hickey.
Loyalty links up to new payment card
The idea behind technology startup Eftplus was born out of frustration that's only experienced by an addict who's been denied their "fix".
Bank buys into ERoad
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has taken a substantial shareholding in ERoad, two months after the logistics and fleet management company floated on the NZX.
A cautionary credit card tale
On September 1, I went to the fruit and vege shop and spent $24.03. Twice. Well, that's what the credit card statement said, writes Peter Calder.
Property investors facing rate risk
The housing market nationwide is delivering about the rate of capital gain an investor would need to justify buying an average house, says Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens.