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![Tightening the continent's belt by several notches](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tightening the continent's belt by several notches
Finance ministers from the eurozone are meeting to consider the issue of bailouts for debt-ridden countries.
![Kiwibank 'kick starts' 2011 with mortgage rate cut](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwibank 'kick starts' 2011 with mortgage rate cut
In the first mortgage rate cut of 2011, Kiwibank has dropped its one-year mortgage rate to 6.15 per cent from 6.45 per cent per annum.
![World shares rally on good Portugal news](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
World shares rally on good Portugal news
Equities in Europe and on Wall Street rallied after Portugal's successful bond sale eased concerns about the euro-zone's debt crisis.
![NZ business bouncing back, oh so slowly: NZIER](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ business bouncing back, oh so slowly: NZIER
The economy rebounded in the December 2010 quarter, after contracting in September, according to the latest Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion.
![<i>Shane Solly:</i> Yield junkies need to face reality](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Shane Solly:</i> Yield junkies need to face reality
New Zealanders don't ask for enough return on some investments and ask for too much on others.
![<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat
In olden times, the mob would deliver justice via the guillotine and celebrate the deed by parading the guilty person's head on a pike.
![Goldbugs see no end to price rises](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Goldbugs see no end to price rises
Gold investors have high hopes about price rises continuing in 2011.
![<i>Susan Easton:</i> Pundits dusting off rosy specs for 2011](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Susan Easton:</i> Pundits dusting off rosy specs for 2011
It's that time of year when the pundits are rolling out their forecasts for the year ahead in global sharemarkets.
![China adds to positive tone on world markets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
China adds to positive tone on world markets
Equities on Wall Street began the final five-day trading week of the year on a positive note amid takeover news and optimism about the global economy.
![<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Good news, bad news](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Good news, bad news
If the good news is that the Reserve Bank expects rates to be lower for longer, the bad news is why it thinks that.
![Bollard holds OCR, flags slower path for rate rises](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bollard holds OCR, flags slower path for rate rises
Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard isn't expected to start hiking interest rates again until the middle of next year after he held the official cash rate at 3 per cent today.
![<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> Bollard bets on end to housing love affair](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> Bollard bets on end to housing love affair
I worry that the banks are trying to unleash those animal spirits in the housing markets again.
![Bollard leaves OCR at 3pc](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bollard leaves OCR at 3pc
The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate on hold at 3 per cent. In his Monetary Policy Statement, Governor Alan Bollard said the pace of economic growth 'appears to have moderated'.