Economy news
GDP

Liam Dann: Why I’m cheering the AI boom ... and three tips for surviving it
For many workers, it's getting hard to know what's worse, a tech wreck or tech success.

Inside Economics: Why US dollars still rule the world...and what’s up with the price of cheese
Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the latest economic news.

The Reserve Bank is worst in OECD - Richard Prebble
OPINION: The RBNZ relies on official statistics even though they are prone to be wrong.
Employment
Official cash rate

Liam Dann: Why I’m cheering the AI boom ... and three tips for surviving it
For many workers, it's getting hard to know what's worse, a tech wreck or tech success.

Property investors are back, borrowing almost twice as much as a year ago
Will they send house prices through the roof again?

Inside Economics: Why US dollars still rule the world...and what’s up with the price of cheese
Liam Dann takes a deeper dive into the latest economic news.
Inflation
More economy news

Waiting to fix in ’26 could cost mortgage borrowers more, analyst says
Rate relief is here! Or is it?

Mansons wins non-notification for $650m Auckland office build
Cliff-top site above Fanshawe St looks towards Viaduct Basin and the Wynyard Quarter.

Home owners face $400 hike as disaster insurance levy set to rise
Treasury consults on how much the Natural Hazards Insurance Levy needs to rise by.

Editorial: Govt must listen to RBNZ call for better economic statistics
OPINION: Failure to accurately record economic progress can have costly consequences.

Matthew Hooton: Interest rate forecasts great news for National re-election
OPINION: Risks remain if interest rates start rising again in election year.

Landlord with quarter-kilometre downtown tower plans pushes up profit
New leases in 1HY25 were 22.8% above previous contract rents, company said.

‘Customers have less money’ - SkyCity chief on downgrade of full-year profit
Casino company had to spend more money than anticipated in Australia, CEO says.

SkyCity group profit down 73%
Casino, entertainment and hotel giant explains how market treated it.

‘Black hole’: Crown quitting 109 new homes underwritten by KiwiBuild
First home buyers did not snap up these 109 homes: now we the taxpayers have bought them.