Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler has kept the official cash rate at 2.5 per cent and delivered a relatively upbeat Monetary Policy Statement.

Infighting among Republicans has grown as the latest plan to avert the 'fiscal cliff' was rejected by the White House.

A scheme has been launched to encourage Aucklanders to buy big new planned Christchurch houses for $640,000, as a financial watchdog reminds investors.

Almost $190 million of shareholder value in lines company Chorus was wiped off as the Commerce Commission made two announcements about wholesale pricing.

China may maintain its annual economic growth target at 7.5 per cent next year in a sign the new leadership headed by Xi Jinping won't tolerate a bigger slowdown.

The Reserve Bank is expected to hold the official cash rate at 2.5 per cent on Thursday, so the focus will be on how the bank's view of the outlook has changed.

We're unlikely to get a repeat of the New Zealand sharemarket's exceptional year, predicts Mark Lister.

Market Index near five-year high as firm says it will pay investors special dividend.

A new fund aimed at globally focused New Zealand start-ups has made its first investments into two technology companies.

Subdued inflation will keep the Reserve Bank's official cash rate on hold until at least 2014, the NZIER predicts.

New Zealand's trade accounts sank deeper into the red last month.

In a sign of the times motorhome rental operator Tourism Holdings is setting up RV supermarkets in Auckland and Christchurch.