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![Employment confidence improves as wages lift](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Employment confidence improves as wages lift
The Westpac-McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index rose 3.3 points to 104.8 in the March quarter, gaining for a second period from a three-year low in September.
![Global media alliance behind Panama Papers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Global media alliance behind Panama Papers
COMMENT: Are the fortress walls of offshore secrecy now finally cracking?
![NZ used to keep tax secrets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ used to keep tax secrets
New Zealand has been named in a massive Panamanian document leak as one of the havens used by companies around the world to avoid tax.
![Mike's Minute: Green's banking deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mike's Minute: Green's banking deal
The Greens are arguing that our banks are some of the most profitable in the world and they're right. When we do well, business does well and that includes the banks.
![Fed's caution boosts kiwi](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fed's caution boosts kiwi
The New Zealand dollar is heading for a 3.2 per cent weekly gain against the greenback.
![Economists are warming to government intervention](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Economists are warming to government intervention
COMMENT: Economists argue so much about everything that people are always asking them "Is there anything you folks agree on?"
![Brian Fallow: Froth disguises the facts](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: Froth disguises the facts
COMMENT: At a first glance, economic growth lately does not look too bad. At a closer look, the picture is more froth than beer.
![A funny thing happened on the way to recession](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
A funny thing happened on the way to recession
COMMENT: Pessimism over the economic outlook and in financial markets was overdone early this year -- but so too is the more recent euphoria.
![John Gascoigne: 'Rock star' claims half right - the country's in a jam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
John Gascoigne: 'Rock star' claims half right - the country's in a jam
There is general agreement NZ is heading in the right direction, but statistics show a nation in long-term economic decline and societal disintegration.
![Watch: Fed foresees gradual pace of rate hikes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Watch: Fed foresees gradual pace of rate hikes
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the Fed still envisions a gradual pace of interest rate increases in light of global pressures that could weigh on the U.S. economy.
![Is NZ just part of Aussie housing market?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Is NZ just part of Aussie housing market?
When it comes to what influences housing markets in New Zealand and Australia, we're all in it together.
![Matt O'Brien: The number that tells us the US economy may be doomed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Matt O'Brien: The number that tells us the US economy may be doomed
Here is a maths problem for the US Federal Reserve: What is 3.25 minus 5?
![Carmel Fisher: 'Experts' put in their place](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Carmel Fisher: 'Experts' put in their place
COMMENT: "If only the non-expert masses realised their forecasts can be just as accurate, and sometimes more so, than the professionals."
![Migration from Oz highest since 1991](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Migration from Oz highest since 1991
New Zealand continues to post record net migration arrivals, with a 67,400 gain over the past year, led by arrivals from Australia, China and the Philippines.
![How the Internet powers a winner economy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How the Internet powers a winner economy
Why are today's growth industries more likely to be winner-take-all? The Internet.
![Mike's Minute: The positives in farming](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mike's Minute: The positives in farming
What's going on in dairy is fully explainable and virtually none of it is anyone's fault in this country. We've been here before with dairy and without a doubt we will be here again.
![Fonterra may shake up formula's status](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fonterra may shake up formula's status
Fonterra has been copping heavy criticism over its strategy as the financial pressure facing farmer shareholders deepens.
![The Economy Hub: What happened to January’s panic? Markets rebound](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Economy Hub: What happened to January’s panic? Markets rebound
The NZX is back at record highs and Wall Street is on the rise. So what happened to the big January panic which had US commentators warning of bear markets and new recessions? Why have things stabilised so fast?
![Economy grew faster than tipped in 2015](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Economy grew faster than tipped in 2015
Our economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the final three months of 2015 on better activity in business services.
![Mike's Minute: Good news for dairy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mike's Minute: Good news for dairy
Dairy is expected pick up again later this year and into next. It's not all doom and gloom though—where dairy struggles, others will prosper.
![Dairy prices fall against expectations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dairy prices fall against expectations
World dairy prices went against market expectations and fell 2.9 per cent decline at the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction.
![GlobalDairyTrade prices seen improving](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
GlobalDairyTrade prices seen improving
Futures market pricing suggests tomorrow morning's GlobalDairyTrade auction will be flat to slightly better.
![NZ growth tipped to accelerate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ growth tipped to accelerate
The New Zealand economy may have more room to run as inflation remains weak.
![Brian Fallow: World weighs heavily on NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Brian Fallow: World weighs heavily on NZ
BRIAN FALLOW: An increasingly sombre view of the global economy lies behind the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the official cash rate.
![Banks keep their slice of OCR cut](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Banks keep their slice of OCR cut
Three banks say they will pass on only part of the surprise official cash rate cut made by the Reserve Bank.
![Rate cut - new mood or bluff?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rate cut - new mood or bluff?
Wheeler's surprise move at odds with the way he was talking a few weeks ago, write Liam Dann.
![The Economy Hub: OCR surprise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The Economy Hub: OCR surprise
WATCH: Fran O'Sullivan, Brian Gaynor and Liam Dann dissect the surprising rate cut and what it means for house prices.
![Dollar tumbles after surprise OCR cut](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dollar tumbles after surprise OCR cut
The New Zealand dollar dropped by US1c after the Reserve Bank surprised the market with this morning's OCR cut.
!['More foreign investment needed'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'More foreign investment needed'
Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf says New Zealand needs to broaden its approach to Asian markets and embrace higher levels of foreign investment.