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![Sweden: the mistake Yellen wants to avoid](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Sweden: the mistake Yellen wants to avoid
No central banker today will raise interest rates without looking carefully at Sweden's example.
![SkyCity deal to make '$27m by 2017'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
SkyCity deal to make '$27m by 2017'
SkyCity will have made $27 million out of the convention centre deal by 2017 without even turning the first sod, the Green Party claims.
![Simon Terry: TPP backers have questions to answer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Simon Terry: TPP backers have questions to answer
ExportNZ's Dialogue article in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks failed to come to grips with the issues that matter.
![Falling kiwi helps offset log price decline](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Falling kiwi helps offset log price decline
The falling dollar has helped to offset declining export log prices, says AgriHQ.
![Forecast brighter for Fonterra](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Forecast brighter for Fonterra
Fonterra's board will have reason for cautious optimism when it meets tomorrow to review its farmgate milk price forecast for 2014/15.
![Greece wins reprieve, decisions follow](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Greece wins reprieve, decisions follow
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras began the task of selling domestically a provisional deal with eurozone partners to extend bailout funds after securing a reprieve.
![Surge in KiwiSaver home withdrawals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Surge in KiwiSaver home withdrawals
Mortgage lenders have noticed an upswing in the number of people withdrawing money from KiwiSaver for a first home.
![Moscow gets junk rating by Moody's](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Moscow gets junk rating by Moody's
Just over one month since its last downgrade of Moscow's credit rating, Moody's said Russia "is expected to experience a deep recession in 2015 and a contraction in 2016".
![Liam Dann: Year of the Sheep needs wise shepherds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Liam Dann: Year of the Sheep needs wise shepherds
Traditional Chinese beliefs suggest the year should harbour the relatively calm and placid characteristics of the sheep along with peace and prosperity, says Liam Dann.
![English shrugs off doubts over surplus](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
English shrugs off doubts over surplus
Halfway through the Government's financial year its deficit at just under $1 billion was $381 million smaller than forecast last December.
![Kiwi dollar's new record against Aussie](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi dollar's new record against Aussie
The NZ dollar hit 97.07 Australian cents overnight with some analysts saying there is nothing to stop it pushing higher to parity.
![Consumer confidence takes a dip](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Consumer confidence takes a dip
Consumer confidence has dipped this month, the ANZ-Roy Morgan survey found, though it remains higher than for most of the post-recession period.
![Population growing in all NZ regions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Population growing in all NZ regions
All regions of New Zealand are expected to see an increase in population over the next 13 years, Statistics New Zealand says.
![IAG profits soar on settled seismic activity](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
IAG profits soar on settled seismic activity
New Zealand profit from the country's biggest general insurer, Insurance Australia Group, rose from $92 million to $193 million.
![Peters: Investigate SkyCity shares trade](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Peters: Investigate SkyCity shares trade
Winston Peters says the Financial Markets Authority must investigate "a huge volume" in trading of SkyCity shares.
![Japan hobbles out of recession](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Japan hobbles out of recession
The softness of Japan's rebound shows PM Abe's challenge to revive the economy from two decades of stagnation.
![Italy is Europe's ticking time bomb](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Italy is Europe's ticking time bomb
Italy has only grown 4 per cent - in total - since the euro was created 16 years ago.
![Dairy prices surge at latest auction](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dairy prices surge at latest auction
Dairy prices posted their fifth consecutive gain at this morning’s GlobalDairyTrade auction.
![Convention centre short on seats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Convention centre short on seats
The capacity of the proposed Convention Centre falls under the limits the founding study on the project said was needed to make it viable for a return to the economy.
![NZ growth outstrips Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ growth outstrips Australia
New Zealand, with a population increase of 500,000 in the past decade, is growing faster than Australia and China a new "snapshot" into Kiwi life shows.
![Mark Lister: Splitting investment helps cut the risks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mark Lister: Splitting investment helps cut the risks
Investing is never easy. When things look cheap it's usually because the economic climate looks dicey and there are many things that could go wrong, like in 2008.
![Zero-hour contracts ban 'overreaction'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Zero-hour contracts ban 'overreaction'
Zero-hour contracts work well for some people and stamping out some of the worst aspects that can come with them is better than the "overreaction" of a total ban, the Government says.