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Good news for retailers as consumer confidence holds
Consumers feel better about the economy than business according to latest survey.
Consumers feel better about the economy than business according to latest survey.
Despite trade war there's still hope for global growth, says S&P global chief economist.
National would focus more on getting rid of wasteful spending says Paul Goldsmith.
EDITORIAL: Globally the recession risk is rising, but there are solid local results.
COMMENT: Never mind Greenland, it doesn't get dumber than Trump's 2018 take on trade wars.
Trump has been laying the groundwork for what could become a combative G7.
G7 could be 'last moment to restore our political community', the EU President warned.
Is NZ headed for negative rates? How will they work? And why is Adrian Orr so relaxed?
Some signs are flashing red, but other variables look pretty good.
RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr will mix with the world's top economists at Jackson Hole retreat.
We all know that greed is the undoing of most, if not all investors.
Kiwi households aren't feeling especially upbeat about their economic prospects.
"We're doing tremendously well. Our consumers are rich," he told reporters.
COMMENT: Hardly a week passes when Labour does not announce more money for a problem.
I hope Ihumātao will not live up to its name with blood being spilled. - Potonga Neilson
Despite this week's warning signs, we have little idea when.
Officials on the Danish territory said they welcome investment but not a new owner.
Bank of America fears there's a one-in-three chance of slipping into a recession.
COMMENT: Calls from economists for more govt spending will suit Labour in election year.
COMMENT: China and the US may force us to choose between them.
COMMENT: If inflation is higher than interest paid you'd be crazy to keep, save or invest.
Adrian Orr says we need to get used to a world of low rates.
Does a double cut in the official cash rate leave enough in the tank for a real crisis?
What the Prime Minister and Facebook's executives said to each other after March 15.
The Reserve Bank cut the OCR to a historic low of 1 per cent, down from 1.5 per cent.
We say: Monetary policy has lost its power. Record low rates leave economy vulnerable.
Economists' interest-rate outlooks getting increasingly gloomy as market woes escalate.
Unemployment rate lowest since the June 2008 quarter.
Unemployment is expected to have ticked upwards in the latest stats. Could it be a trend?