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![Focus on RMA reforms: expert](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Focus on RMA reforms: expert
Shamubeel Eaqub The Government will focus on Resource Management Act and local government reform to create more land supply and housing, says Shamubeel Eaqub, NZIER principal economist.
![Consumer confidence slips as rates rise](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Consumer confidence slips as rates rise
Consumer confidence has fallen in the Westpac McDermott Miller survey, reflecting less cheerful economic news and a flurry of interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank.
![NZ dollar gains after election result](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ dollar gains after election result
The NZ dollar gained after the incumbent National Party's election victory, instilling confidence in the administration's ability to continue pursuing its policy programme.
![Open homes boom after election](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Open homes boom after election
Aucklanders reportedly flocked to open homes on Sunday, surer of their spending power post-election.
![Dollar rises after National election win](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dollar rises after National election win
The dollar advanced after the incumbent National Party won an outright election victory at the weekend, reassuring investors that current economic policies would continue.
![Fran O'Sullivan: Five issues for business to ponder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fran O'Sullivan: Five issues for business to ponder
Five things for business to take on board while John Key relishes his victory and forms his next Government.
![Liam Dann: Time to lead NZ beyond 'the cusp'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Liam Dann: Time to lead NZ beyond 'the cusp'
Liam dann writes: If New Zealand is "on the cusp" of something exciting, as John Key has promised, then it is on the economy which we should now be expecting him to deliver.
![Migration boom rolls on as fewer kiwis depart](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Migration boom rolls on as fewer kiwis depart
Annual net migration rose to a record in August spurred by more migrant arrivals and the ongoing decline of Kiwis leaving for Australia.
![Stock takes: Scottish referendum spooks British market](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Stock takes: Scottish referendum spooks British market
Behind the scenes, the Auckland-based developer of medical software has been carrying out pre-IPO marketing with institutional investors on both sides of the Tasman.
![GDP outstrips growth in wages](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
GDP outstrips growth in wages
Wages continued to grow more slowly than output per person over the past year.
![Editorial: Economy rules - so change of Govt unlikely](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: Economy rules - so change of Govt unlikely
National has steered the economy through the global financial crisis and the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes towards a fiscal surplus, so this election is its to lose.
![Economy grows on service sector surge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Economy grows on service sector surge
The NZ economy grew just ahead of expectations in the second three months of the year, with the fastest growth in the services sector for seven-and-a-half years.
![Dollar plunges to 7-month low](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dollar plunges to 7-month low
The Kiwi dollar dropped to a seven-month low after the US Fed raised its expectation for the level of interest rates by the end of next year.
![Big drop in exports hits trade balance](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Big drop in exports hits trade balance
The gap between what New Zealand earns from the rest of the world through trade and investment and what it pays widened in the June quarter as falling dairy exports started to weigh on the trade balance.
![Balance of payments deficit hits cyclical low point](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Balance of payments deficit hits cyclical low point
NZ's current account deficit rose by $1.4b in the past three months reflecting falling dairy prices and a large revision to investment flows into the country.
![Peter Lyons: Trickle-down is part of the problem, not an answer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Peter Lyons: Trickle-down is part of the problem, not an answer
The term "trickle-down effect" should be used only to describe an unfortunate ailment that can affect the elderly.
![Ex-Fonterra boss to chair Orion Health](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ex-Fonterra boss to chair Orion Health
Former Fonterra boss Andrew Ferrier has been appointed chairman of New Zealand software developer Orion Health
![Experts lower forecast for economic growth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Experts lower forecast for economic growth
Economists have cut their forecasts of economic growth in the current year, the latest quarterly survey conducted by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has found.
![Richard Duley: Make land debate about facts before it's too late](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Richard Duley: Make land debate about facts before it's too late
The potential sale of the 14,000ha Lochinver Station (a "ridiculously small amount of land" according to Steven Joyce) to foreign interests raises a couple of important questions.
![Miner seeking $829m in capital raising](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Miner seeking $829m in capital raising
Miner and steelmaker Arrium is asking its shareholders to cough up more than A$750 million ($829 million) to pay down its debt pile in the face of sliding iron ore prices.