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NZ migration hits new record
Migration rose to a new annual record in April, as more students arrived from India and China and fewer locals left.
Migration rose to a new annual record in April, as more students arrived from India and China and fewer locals left.
The dollar fell as the greenback strengthened following better-than-expected US housing data.
There's been another fall in world dairy prices, with the GDT index down to its lowest level since August 2009.
Data released by REINZ - median national sale prices - does support the Prime Minister’s statement that house prices rose during the previous Labour government.
Nearly one in five Auckland homes are sold within two years of being purchased, the Government has been told by officials.
Businesses have lifted their expectations for inflation, sapping immediate pressure on the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates.
Chinese tourists are now more likely to be 'free independent travellers' rather than organised into package tours.
Lydia DePillis asks if all the secrecy around the Trans-Pacific Partnership is really worth the price.
The New Zealand dollar declined as the greenback strengthened on optimism the US economy will rebound.
Moves to crackdown on property speculators have been welcomed as a step in the right direction by market commentators but one analyst says the changes may be too little too late.
Farm prices have continued to rise, despite the near halving of milk prices over the past year, according to Real Estate Institute of New Zealand data.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is warning borrowers against taking on too much debt as concerns grow about a potential housing bubble in Sydney and Melbourne.
Economists are divided over the likely impact on the Auckland property market of new tax moves to target speculators.
The Government's property speculator tax crackdown will lead to large-scale real estate dumping before its October 1 start and widespread evasion and avoidance, experts say.
Prime Minister John Key all but conceded that pressure from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for action on house prices was a catalyst for recent announcements.
The New Zealand dollar fell on speculation that potential developments could give the bank more room to cut interest rates.
Farm prices have continued to rise, despite the near halving of milk prices over the last year, according to REINZ.
The new tax rules will do little to cool Auckland's property market, according to John Key. The city needs more houses.
The New Zealand dollar fell after the government stepped up measures to curb Auckland's bubbling housing market.
Australia and New Zealands' Budgets speak volumes of the strength of their respective economies and their citizens' state of mind.
For people other than residential property investors, Thursday's Budget is expected to be a nickel-and-dime affair, writes Brian Fallow.
Fonterra's strategy has to start delivering or its market share will shrink further, says Federated Farmers Otago dairy chairman Stephen Crawford.
That Apple should buy Greece with all the useless cash it has on hand is just a joke that won't go away.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has found a new way to plug the country's budget hole: targeting multinationals.
Hillary Clinton has fallen silent on the TPP, an interesting departure from her statements as the nation's top diplomat.
The Reserve Bank desperately needs the support of the Government to address the distortion its monetary policy is helping create, writes Peter Lyons.
Chief economist says Hosking has it wrong when he heaps all the blame for soaring house prices on the Auckland Council.