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Bernard Hickey: Haggle with your bank for returns
Bank profitability in New Zealand is too high and we have to do something about it.
<I>Fran O'Sullivan:</I> Mollycoddling won't get youth into work
John Key would win a lot of Brownie points if he simply announced a high-powered Prime Minister's taskforce on youth employment.
Fran O'Sullivan: Look out for the kids when you swing that axe, Mr Key
NZ should hope John Key shows some common sense - tempered with heart - when he goes about trying to reduce from 328,000 the number of Kiwis on solo parent, sickness and invalid benefits, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Brian Fallow: Europe's leaders at beggar's crossroads
The tumult on global financial markets is a vote of no confidence in political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic.
Fran O'Sullivan: China ready to fight for its pound of flesh
Trade Minister will be under pressure in Beijing to live up to the terms of the FTA.
Susan Guthrie: Rich-poor gulf hard to measure
The gap between rich and poor is an important issue that rarely gets discussed by our economic mandarins.
Liam Dann: Private capital needed to bridge the infrastructure gap
With the benefit of hindsight, the Government's infrastructure strategy at this time last year looks blissfully simple.
Liam Dann: GFC II? We haven't solved the first one yet
It's nice to know the world has confidence in the NZ economy, but that may be of little comfort to struggling Kiwis.
Bernard Hickey: 10 things Key and Bollard can do with the dollar
John Key says there's nothing he can do about the high currency. He means there's nothing he wants to do about the high currency.
Bryan Gould: An outcome no political salesman can disguise
It is a measure of how subdued is the national mood and how modest are our current ambitions that we expect so little of our elected governments.