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'Between a rock and a hard place' Taupō people face big rates and fees rises
Taupō ratepayers are in for a big hike in rates this year.
All the cash boosts Kiwis will get from April 1 - and the new tax increase
Thousands will be affected by the changes in just a few days' time.
Fran O'Sullivan: Luxon needs to take long view and revisit tax cuts plan
OPINION: Govt books need knocking into shape before they dish out inflationary tax cuts.
Home-building construction crunch: Who has failed lately and why
A 12-point list of the many builder failures lately.
‘Light at end of tunnel’ - Could interest rates come down sooner?
Gloomy data points the way on the path to lower inflation.
Why is the US economy doing well when NZ is languishing?
How might Kiwis benefit from the solid US eeconomy?
Simeon Brown blasts ‘red tape and green tape’, new speed limit plans confirmed
Red and green tape and orange cones on 'lofty' projects are the bane of Brown's existence.
Act's Brooke van Velden defends tweet about public service staff cuts
Van Velden said redundancies also happened in the private sector all the time.
GDP: It's official - we're in recession
Recession as a second quarter of contraction recorded, per capita numbers are even worse.
Editorial: Ominous signs ahead for NZ economy
OPINION: The latest global dairy auction shows demand for our biggest export is down.
Govt warned against borrowing to fund tax cuts by IMF - says it could fuel inflation
The international organisation says the Government's purse strings need to be tightened.
Food prices are falling, but inflation marches on - Liam Dann
OPINION: Cheaper veges won't be enough for the Reserve Bank to cut rates any time soon.
Mortgage hikes of 50%, grocery prices biggest worry - what's keeping Kiwis up
Grocery prices a bigger financial worry than rent and mortgages, some Kiwis cutting back.
Migration records continue to tumble, with more arrivals... and NZ departures
New figures show the immigration boom showed few signs of abating in January.
Fruit and vege prices plummet 9 per cent in past year ... but price of eating out soars
New inflation data shows price rises are easing.
US inflation jump highlights ‘last mile’ challenge for Fed
Financial Times: Surprise set to be scrutinised as central bank weighs interest rate cuts.
Double the pay: Kiwi nurses still heading to Oz despite big pay rises at home
One nurse says she gets twice the pay, free return airfares, accommodation and a car.
Nexus of nefarious influences hurting NZ manufacturing
Pressures from inflation, high interest rates made year tough for $31 billion sector.
BNZ cuts some home loan rates after rivals make moves
Less-hawkish tone, property glut part of wider landscape influencing banks.
China tries to stabilise pig population as pork prices plunge
Financial Times: Beijing acts to monitor huge herd size as falling prices cause problems.
Shrinkflation 101: The economics of smaller groceries
New York Times: Companies are downsizing products without downsizing prices.
Exports struggle to get good prices but NZ trade deficit still shrinks
Expensive imports gobble up some of our strong export volumes.
Liam Dann: Why do we always have to suffer through this OCR pain?
Is there any good news on the horizon for mortgage holders?
Consumer confidence up but no miracle cure for retail, ANZ says
Confidence rose but many people surveyed were still wary of buying big-ticket items.
What does the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate review mean for my mortgage?
ANALYSIS: Mortgage rate cuts seem more likely than hikes.
NZ wholesale interest rates head down after RBNZ’s OCR call
Market pricing is pointing to further declines in New Zealand interest rates.
Watch: Official Cash Rate kept at 5.5%
Inflation is still too stubborn for the country to afford a rates cut.
Property Insider: Contentious retirement village survey, who wants $500k+ from failed builder
More than 300 NZ retirement villages and 71 operators ranked according to best practice.
Restaurant Brands profit sliced almost in half
Kiwi company's California outfit fails to sizzle as inflation takes a bite.
How the RBNZ is losing the inflation race
Canada is back in the ideal inflation range - why aren't we?
To hike or not to hike - economists divided on RBNZ's big rate call
ANZ is expecting the official cash rate to be raised from 5.5 per cent next week.
Public sector wages hit record high, driven by health settlement
A new report shows public sector wages rose higher than those in the private sector.