
Unemployment rose to 4.6% in the June quarter. Will that prompt a rate cut?
More people were jobless as winter arrived, but public sector wages rose 6.9% in a year.
More people were jobless as winter arrived, but public sector wages rose 6.9% in a year.
Cuts made ahead of next week's OCR announcement.
Stats NZ releases labour market data for the second quarter on Wednesday.
OPINION: Why cheering for higher unemployment just feels wrong.
The household cost price indexes show a 5.4% increase in costs in the 12 months to June.
OPINION: Interest rate falls are great news but the real economy will take longer to turn.
If we don't support local bars and restaurants, they might not be there when we want them.
OPINION: This could be a once-in-a-generation chance to transform our R&D.
Another dose of encouraging data.
RBNZ 'all over the place' but mostly moving in the right direction, Michael Reddell says.
Financial markets believe OCR could be cut as early as next month.
The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate on hold for the eighth consecutive meeting.
There has been no shortage of well-known breweries hitting trouble in recent years.
Markets hoping the Fed will finally cut interest rates.
Opinion: We're not Switzerland or Ireland and we shouldn't try to be, says Liam Dann.
Neil Quigley to remain Reserve Bank board chairman for another two years.
We're out of technical recession - just - but GDP per capita is still falling
OPINION: The dire need for change was punctuated recently with the release of a review.
OPINION: Is New Zealand getting stuck in the worst possible economic trap?
Cheaper chicken and lamb, big drop in fresh produce prices, but bank warns of 'payback'.
More than 80 per cent of first homes bought during the peak are now worth less.
Is the grass really greener on the other side of the Tasman?
OPINION: We need to stop self-pathologising, because NZ's not that special.
'Exceptional' US growth highlighted as bank’s latest outlook marks an increase.
How much are 'feather and rocket' pricing tactics costing you?
Homestay students or flatmates helping people cope with rising costs.
Sector at crossroads: 10-year boom cycle reaches plateau in tightening economy.
OPINION: Liam Dann answers economics questions and digs through the week's economic news.
Both generations are more upbeat on the overall economic situation improving.