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Rod Drury is the NZ Herald's Business Leader of the Year

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.

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.

Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings says it will take a couple of weeks for the price of units in the co-operative to settle after their explosive start on the NZX yesterday.

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.