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Business confidence drops to four-year low
Business confidence extended its decline in the third quarter, plunging to its lowest level in more than four years.
Business confidence extended its decline in the third quarter, plunging to its lowest level in more than four years.
Auckland property market rebounds, with average prices jumping from $821,079 in August to $836,275 last month.
New Zealand and 11 other countries strike Pacific trade pact - a deal that will affect 40 per cent of world's economy.
This week's GlobalDairyTrade auction is shaping up to be another strong one.
Investing in bonds need not leave you shaken or stirred. Mary Holms explains what bonds are and and how they rate as an investment.
New Zealand stocks booked their worst quarter since June 2012, retreating for a second quarter.
Brian Fallow asks, can the techniques economists use predict the winner of the Rugby World Cup? It is about quantifying the relative explanatory power of the variables.
Investors love a good success story, and few local stories have the blockbuster appeal of New Zealand dairy, writes Graham Turley.
NZ house values rose at their fastest annual pace in more than eight years, as demand for Auckland housing overflowed to nearby regions.
The kiwi fell to 63.06 US cents at 5pm in Wellington from 63.32 cents at 8.30am, and down from 63.99 cents yesterday.
Teaching economics to adolescent boys often requires the use of bad analogies to reduce their natural inclination towards sleep, writes Peter Lyons. I am blessed with a monotone that invites slumber.
An Auckland forex trading firm owned by a Pakistani national is challenging its deregistration by the FMA.
Waikato dairy co-op Tatua says earnings before tax fell by 11.1pc to $121.2m, reflecting falling commodities prices.
Falling interest rates and static prices is making Auckland housing more affordable, say Massey University lecturers.
Ministers can't make blanket refusals to release documents the High Court at Wellington has been told.
In Germany, about 12 percent of people consent to be organ donors; in Austria it's 99.9 percent.
Now is the time for Auckland's first- home buyers to pounce, with interest rates at a record low and entry-level prices dropping, a report says.
Ngarimu Alan Huiroa Blair of Ngati Whatua appears to have been predestined to be a leader.
Among inflation-targeting central banks, it is essential for inflation expectations to remain anchored to their inflation targets, writes Brian Fallow. Credibility on that point is their stock in trade.
Dairy giant announces improved profit just days after increased the number of jobs it was cutting to 750.
Collectivist beliefs may be holding back Maori economic success, three economists say.
If an investment fund started buying up NZ dairy farms and dairy factories and wanted to staff them with workers imported from low wage countries this should ring alarm bells, writes Peter Lyons.
New Zealand is 'holding our ground' in the TPP talks, says Tim Groser, but there isn't any gold plated dairy deal on the way.
Evidence of a cooling in the Auckland property market is growing - but there's plenty of reasons to think there may be life left in the boom yet.