Liam Dann: Record low unemployment points to higher interest rates, inflation
Record low unemployment is a good thing, but it does create other economic problems.
Record low unemployment is a good thing, but it does create other economic problems.
Electric car company Tesla has seen it value surge since the pandemic began. Can it last?
Tech billionaires are a weird bunch but they may hold the key to beating inflation.
Red flags could include excessive cafe, bar, dairy, alcohol and gambling expenditure.
EDITORIAL: Higher inflation means Kiwis need to brace for higher interest rates.
The bank's economist are now picking six rapid-fire 25 basis point rises to next August.
The strength of inflation data has economists worried that rates may need to rise faster.
Just released Consumer Price Index data shows the biggest surge since 1987.
NZ's economy faces a "perfect storm" of global and local forces driving up prices.
Inflation pressure looks set to dominate the RBNZ's thinking despite the Auckland lockdown
Used car prices are rising - it's a clear signal that the global economy is in bad shape.
Another slump on Wall St points to a nerve-wracking month ahead for investors
Bonus Bonds investors are yet to make contact with the scheme as it's wind up continues.
Changing a strategy doesn't make it a failure, writes Liam Dann.
Cool words from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell have eased investor fears.
OPINION: Interest rate hikes will most likely be slower than expected.
OPINION: Big market crashes of 1929, 1987 and 2008 happened in September and October.
Wholesale interest rates are on a roll while expectations of OCR hikes gain momentum.
Strong GDP numbers next week give a timely reminder of how well the economy can recover.
Northland has recorded an average house price increase of over 24 per cent in a year.
Despite signs we'll be living with Covid longer than we hoped, markets are coping well.
While demand will rebound, measures to contain Covid will keep supply tight, says NZIER.
How to stay focused while chaos reigns? Charlie Watts and financial markets show the way.
I might question if the aggressive rhetoric is designed to engineer higher mortgage rates.
The underlying strength of the economy in the past 18 months offers some comfort.
Markets are betting that rates aren't on hold for long - we should hope they are right.
ASB and Westpac have changed their turn and now expect no change to the OCR today.
We haven't seen mass death, illness or economic collapse but for some that isn't enough.
Hiking more aggressively next week could head off inflation risk and cool housing.
New Zealand is pulling out in front in the global shift to higher interest rates.