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![Brian Fallow: Ruling puts regulator on slippery slope](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Brian Fallow: Ruling puts regulator on slippery slope
Electricity consumers and taxpayers alike have been badly served by the new Electricity Authority in its first major decisio
![Brian Fallow: NZ safer than Greece but the risk is real](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Brian Fallow: NZ safer than Greece but the risk is real
The danger in that case would be that, as in the global financial crisis three years ago, everyone in the market starts looking sideways at their counterparts and worrying about how much they might be exposed.
![Brian Fallow: Inflation threatens to bite into recovery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Brian Fallow: Inflation threatens to bite into recovery
Households at risk of slow wage growth combined with rising costs.
![<i>Brian Fallow :</i> Bollard gives clear signal of 2011 rates move](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
<i>Brian Fallow :</i> Bollard gives clear signal of 2011 rates move
Alan Bollard has given a pretty clear signal he expects to start raising interest rates before...
![China powerhouse set to keep growing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
China powerhouse set to keep growing
China shows no sign of relinquishing its title as the dynamo of the global economy.
![Brian Fallow: Wrong time to focus on long-term woes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Brian Fallow: Wrong time to focus on long-term woes
Why yank the reins on a poor old horse that isn't moving?
![Brian Fallow: US trade demands a real sore point](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Brian Fallow: US trade demands a real sore point
Govt should beware of US intellectual property demands...
![<i>Brian Fallow: </i>This has to be the right call](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
<i>Brian Fallow: </i>This has to be the right call
Enjoy the low interest rates while they last...
![Brian Fallow: Asset sale arguments on wobbly ground](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Brian Fallow: Asset sale arguments on wobbly ground
The Govt's case for selling down some asset stakes sits on a three-legged stool. On examination it is not particularly sturdy.
![Bollard adopts 'marginally' more cheerful tone](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
Bollard adopts 'marginally' more cheerful tone
There is a marginally more cheerful tone to Alan Bollard's latest view of the economic outlook.
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<i>Brian Fallow</i>: Cancun talks highlight climate dilemma
In contrast to the train wreck at Copenhagen a year ago, decent progress was made at Cancun, writes Brian Fallow.
![<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Good news, bad news](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=815)
<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Good news, bad news
If the good news is that the Reserve Bank expects rates to be lower for longer, the bad news is why it thinks that.