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Budget 2016: Stephens sceptical about forecasts
WATCH: Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens says he expects forecasts in this week's Budget to be overly optimistic.
WATCH: Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens says he expects forecasts in this week's Budget to be overly optimistic.
NZX chief executive Tim Bennett says settling the long-running dispute with the former owners of the Clear Grain Exchange would have been in both parties' interests.
Manufacturing firms which survived the 2007 recession have an unusual secret to their success: stop manufacturing.
Watch: Economy Hub: Does the PM's promise of $3b in tax cuts threatens to make next week's budget "obsolete".
COMMENT: Unwinding a cross-subsidy is never popular among those who have been on the bludger's end of one.
Fran O'Sullivan sat down at UBS New Zealand for a roundtable with Nicholas Ross, Andrew Fredericks and David Lane.
Do we have the foundations in place to ensure New Zealand's capital market can perform, asks Tim Bennett
More companies are planning to form alliances to create value from under-utilised assets and to speed up growth.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making two visits to New Zealand this year.
Dairy prices ended the 2015/6 season on a firm note with the GlobalDairyTrade price index rising by 2.6 per cent at this morning's auction.
New Zealand inflation expectations rose slightly in the Reserve Bank's latest quarterly survey, after the previous survey's surprisingly weak outcome.
If Sunny Bates was an expert in electricity networks there'd be no questions about what she does.
Dairy prices should start improving 'in the medium term'.
COMMENT: Many still have money over there long after they've arrived in NZ sitting in pounds earning next to nothing, or invested in various UK funds and shares.
Former Nike innovation expert Erez Morag told the Tripartite Summit in Auckland that innovation comes from cross pollination.
Net migration in New Zealand is the highest it has been since at least 1978 - and possibly ever.
COMMENT: If all the heavy stuff, the tangible assets, are gone - what has replaced it?
Auckland, Los Angeles, Gaungzhou - talking trade and growth at the Tripartite Economic Summit today.
The chief executive of Cooperative Bank has come out in favour of proposed debt to income lending restrictions saying they would have a massive impact on the Auckland market but would do a better job of catching investors than current loan to value ratios.
COMMENT: The Reserve Bank was radiating signals this week that its next intervention in the housing market may well target debt-to-income ratios.
What's about to unfold today in the world of business and economics?
WATCH: Shamubeel Eaqub says it is time for the Bank to stop talking about it and it missed the chance to act, while David Snell says the Bank was right to wait.
Food prices rose in April as Kiwis paid more for vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers.
New lending restrictions to prevent people borrowing too much relative to their income are on the cards.