When will mortgage rates finally fall?
ANZ economists expect RBNZ to keep hawkish stance, before making abrupt OCR cut in August.
ANZ economists expect RBNZ to keep hawkish stance, before making abrupt OCR cut in August.
Businesses owners tend to feel more positive under National-led governments.
'Median sales price at $1,045,000 was the highest for any month in 2023.' - Peter Thompson
Let's look on the bright side and ditch the negativity.
Uncertainty remains over the timing of US Fed interest rate cuts.
Financial Times: Falling headline inflation rates put pressure on policymakers.
A four-decade chart shows how Auckland returns have fluctuated - and where they're headed.
The 'damp end' to the year is not just outside, but in the sharemarket too.
Bank data shows SMEs and commercial property owners are doing it particularly tough.
More mortgage rates could be heading south early in the New Year.
OPINION: National must be cautious not to let gloomy rhetoric undercut confidence.
A gloomy economic outlook - with a silver lining on inflation.
Adrian Orr highlights differences between NZ and US, where there's talk of rate cuts.
The bank is one of the first to drop its home loan rates.
Bank says more households expected the economy to strengthen over the coming year.
NZ wholesale interest rates have fallen sharply after US Fed news and NZ's GDP fall.
One vendor kept a $2m deposit, second one kept $834,000. But they then went further.
Reserve Bank has done its best to distance New Zealand from US inflation optimism.
Christian Hawkesby on why the RBNZ is leaning against markets pricing in rate cuts.
OPINION: Monetary policy takes time and the real pain of high rates is still to come.
Removing the Reserve Bank's employment target top of the Government's to-do list.
With a hawkish tone, the RBNZ warned it's not the time to let up in the inflation fight.
The Reserve Bank warned that inflation remained too high.
Capacity pressures easing as higher interest rates dampen demand.
With a last hike for the year looking unlikely, what does the bank expect for 2024?
Experts share how they'd structure their mortgages.
Retail NZ says there were plenty of shoppers out and about - but they were buying less.
Westpac is cutting a range of its longer-term home loan rates.
But it's likely borrowers will have to wait until next year to see some relief.