Foreign investment is not a black and white issue. Too often the populist reaction to the issue is knee-jerk and xenophobic.

Interest rate cut this week is certain but all eyes will be hunting for clues to the future.

Liam Dann writes: Inflation is not dead and there seems no doubt market volatility and the slowdown in China were top of mind for many.

It is crunch time for the economy, crunch time for Bill English and his "steady as she goes" economic plan.

Canadians, not Chinese, take top spot as the biggest investors in New Zealand over the past two years, according to analysis released by KPMG today.

The tide has turned on the economic boom. The slump in dairy prices has once again laid bare the vulnerabilities of a commodity-dominated economy.

Pressure is building on Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings as the dairy industry faces up to a winter of discontent, writes Liam Dann.

Younger people often seem to have a natural understanding of how people are engaging in the marketplace writes Liam Dann.

Brace yourself for life with a less valuable dollar. It won't be easy, we've grown used to the buying power that a strong currency brings.

After a dramatic bull run the New Zealand stock market has started tracking sideways. And that's probably a good thing despite what your next KiwiSaver statement may say, writes Liam Dann.

More than six months into the great oil price crash, US growth remains sluggish and cautious US consumers have banked the savings, writes Liam Dann.

What's in the Budget for business? Well, that's what we usually call our "Budget at a glance" graphic. This year we've opted for: What business needs to know.

The Government has surprised the market with a stronger than expected move on property tax, writes Liam Dann.

With commodity prices falling, New Zealand's strong economic run is at risk of faltering, writes Liam Dann. Lower export earnings should add urgency to this month's Budget for Finance Minister Bill English.

One of the things I love most about China is that whenever you see a traffic jam there's always an old bloke on an impossibly rickety bicycle picking his way through the chaos.

'Young and fabulous,' it says on the teenager's T-shirt, in big gold letters. If it is meant to be ironic, it isn't.

Business editor Liam Dann is heading to China to look at China's slowing economic growth and how it will affect NZ.

This time, with the threat made by some nasty individual to poison baby formula with 1080, it certainly seems like Government and industry efforts have been much better co-ordinated.

The US economy continues to surge back to life, moving into territory which some economists describe as "full employment". However, Americans who are still without a job may disagree.

China's central bank has cut the country's official cash rate for the second time in three months - a move which highlights concern about the economic slowdown of New Zealand's largest trading....

Traditional Chinese beliefs suggest the year should harbour the relatively calm and placid characteristics of the sheep along with peace and prosperity, says Liam Dann.

How actual corporate earnings compare with the elevated heights at which many stocks are now trading will be fascinating to see, writes Liam Dann.

Speculation that a leading player in the funds management sector is facing a FMA investigation for market manipulation is concerning if true, writes Liam Dann.

Keeping up with the progress of the global economy is becoming a fiendishly complex sport, writes Liam Dann.

In dramatic terms 2014 ended with several big business and economic stories on cliff- hangers.

For New Zealanders interested in investing in Australia, 2015 looks set to provide a golden opportunity.

Liam Dann writes: 2014 doesn't look like letting go early. In fact, like a good TV drama, it looks set to end on a cliff-hanger.