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Farmers show resilience as low price for milk persists
There is no "get out of jail free" card for dairy farmers in the current dairy downturn.
There is no "get out of jail free" card for dairy farmers in the current dairy downturn.
Agriculture exports have risen despite the dairy downturn. Liam Dann talks to KPMG’s Simon Hunter and NZEIR economist Christina Leung about what’s driving growth.
New Zealand's economy has grown at a faster pace than expected in the first quarter of 2016.
The US Federal Reserve has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged amid fresh doubts about the health of the U.S. job market and 'Brexit' fears.
Visitor increased $2.2 billion in the year ended March 2016, to reach a record annual high in spending" of $13.3 billion
The benchmark federal-funds rate target's upper bound will reach 1 percent by year-end, more than 40 economists say.
Guest nights rose in April for the 25th month as soaring tourist numbers helped mark a new record for the month.
The 2015 crash that erased $5 trillion from stocks has sobered China's 106 million individual investors.
New Zealanders cut their retail spending on credit and debit cards for the first time in 13 months in May.
Someday, something will burst the swelling property bubble -- the fallout won't be pretty.
Liam Dann, Mark Lister and David Snell talk about the amount of debt in New Zealand, and its possible effects on the housing market.
COMMENT: Sometimes, measures that help the environment are so obviously going to save money at the same time, that they are a no brainer, writes Sam Judd.
COMMENT: Here's why the Reserve Bank has made the right move this morning.
Could the technology behind bitcoin make the world less vulnerable to financial disasters?
Sellers of big ticket items like cars, boats and caravans say business is booming on the back of a strong economy and a wealth effect driven by rising property prices.
New Zealand shares rose as continued demand for better returns from investors faced with local interest rates drove up leading companies.
New Zealanders officially have around $15.7b in consumer debt, but one money expert says it's actually much higher than that.
COMMENT: An investor's key task is to sift through the blizzard of data, news and information and winnow out the stuff that's just noise.
NZ is poised to exceed half a trillion dollars worth of gross debt as mortgage lending accelerates at its fastest rate since the global financial crisis.
New Zealand's household debt level is one of the highest in the developed world compared to the size of our economy.
So what leads to big recessions? Is it wealth or debt?
NZbuilding activity grew for a fifth quarter in the March period as Auckland dominated construction for both residential and commercial construction.
COMMENT: Legislation has been taken to remove the Emmissions Trading Scheme's buy one, get one free provision.