Westpac's warning: Economy will get worse before it gets better
GDP growth has slowed and while lower rates will provide a boost, it maybe short lived.
GDP growth has slowed and while lower rates will provide a boost, it maybe short lived.
Around one third of government bonds are now offered with negative interest rates.
RBNZ Governor Adrian Orr will mix with the world's top economists at Jackson Hole retreat.
We all know that greed is the undoing of most, if not all investors.
COMMENT: Calls from economists for more govt spending will suit Labour in election year.
COMMENT: If inflation is higher than interest paid you'd be crazy to keep, save or invest.
Adrian Orr says we need to get used to a world of low rates.
Does a double cut in the official cash rate leave enough in the tank for a real crisis?
The Reserve Bank cut the OCR to a historic low of 1 per cent, down from 1.5 per cent.
For all Donald Trump's noise, the US Fed's interest rate call sets the economic agenda.
Headline business confidence has slumped in the latest ANZ Business Outlook.
Westpac's Dominick Stephens now picks two rate cuts will be needed to boost the economy.
Interest rates are only one of the risks farmers face.
COMMENT: New Zealanders should be careful to not overplay theirs.
The 10-year market bull run just keeps going as interest rates fall around the world.
Australia's economy has been weighed down in part by falling house prices.
ANZ says the proposed capital requirements would see it reduce its NZ footprint.
The central bank said domestic growth had slowed over the past year.
Good news for drivers as oil prices have repeated 2018 mid-year slump.
Westpac economists are picking that the housing market will bounce sharply next year.
Why are Aussie bankers so upset with Adrian Orr? Liam Dann talks to the RBNZ Governor.
Comment: Was Anderton right in his claim that Kiwis were being ripped off by the Aussies?
A lender gave a couple a loan - despite knowing they had already defaulted 22 times.
The robots may be coming, but that doesn't have to mean mass unemployment.
Buyers can't take advantage of low interest rates because of high deposits rules: agent.
COMMENT: Committees so often make inconsistent, confusing and downright wrong decisions.
COMMENT: Reserve Bank has cut rates to a record low despite economy being far from bleak.
NZH business journalist Liam Dann answers all your questions.
Labour market data due Wednesday will show what impact new Government policies have had.
COMMENT: Our Reserve Bank and the Aussie retail banks are headed for an epic showdown.