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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.
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.
'Economists make forecasts," said the late, great, economist John Kenneth Galbraith, "not because they know, but because they are asked."
The expected price for smaller Auckland homes is continuing to increase, with Trade Me reporting a 26.5 per cent jump for properties of one and two bedrooms.
As vital signs go, retail sales data for the last three months of 2014 were pretty healthy, writes Brian Fallow.
Japan's economy expanded less than economists estimated in the fourth quarter, underlining the difficulty in stoking growth while export gains are undermined.
Systems are now in place to bring superannuation savings across the Tasman but there is some fine print, particularly for first-home buyers, writes helen Twose.
Catherine Beard writes: Those questioning the value of free trade agreements could do well to examine the results achieved by New Zealand's other agreements.
Suddenly, no one in politics seems willing to use these words, as if calling someone working class were an insult.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens says the economy's growth will remain lower for longer and policy easing may be less effective than in the past.
How actual corporate earnings compare with the elevated heights at which many stocks are now trading will be fascinating to see, writes Liam Dann.
Enjoy low oil prices while they last, though how long that will be is anyone's guess, writes Brian Fallow.
The manufacturing sector has sent a southerly cold snap through the sunny run of recent economic data.
Economic reform in China, one of New Zealand's largest trading partners accounting for 22 per cent of exports, is a lower priority than trying to save the Communist Party, according to Wall Street....
A medium-adverse drought event will be declared and a Government assistance package announced in the South Island today.
This week we heard from the PM on what great shape NZ is in, thanks mainly to our extraordinary governance, writes Dita De Boni. It was a picture so incredibly rosy, I almost couldn't wait to live in that country myself.
Retail spending charged to electronic cards fell 0.4 per cent last month, its third monthly decline in a row, as lower prices at the pump offset increased spending elsewhere.
Walt Glazer asks whether Auckland should become the Hong Kong of the South Pacific or remain a Kiwi oasis of security for the future.
The Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy, is expected to declare South Canterbury and North Otago drought areas when he visits the rapidly depleting Opuha Dam, near Fairlie, today.
The CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index climbed to 63.14 on February 5, the highest level in almost six years.