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Dollar 'unsustainably high,' says English
Finance Minister Bill English said the Kiwi dollar, which hit a record on a trade-weighted basis this year, is "unsustainably high".
Shadow board backs OCR rise - just
NZIER's monetary policy shadow board thinks the Reserve Bank should raise the official cash rate to 3.5 per cent tomorrow, but it is a line ball call.
Dollar sinks further on air crash, Gaza offensive news
The Kiwi dollar extended its slide as the crash of a Malaysian jet in rebel-held Ukraine and a ground offensive in Gaza sapped risk appetite worldwide.
House sales, prices, fall in June
House sales fell in June from a year earlier, led by properties of $400k or less, indicating the LVR restrictions are curbing demand at the cheaper end of the market.
World-beating dollar seen topping out near record
New Zealand's dollar is the most overstretched in three years, trading patterns suggest, putting in jeopardy its chances of surpassing a record high.
Dollar rises to 13-month high against Euro
The New Zealand dollar touched a 13-month high against the euro overnight.
Reserve bank lifts growth 'speed limit'
The Reserve Bank has revised up its estimate of the economy's potential or non-inflationary growth rate next year, but it is still shy of the levels prevailing between the mid-90s and mid-2000s.
Dollar poised to pass record high
The New Zealand dollar is within striking distance of its post-float high against the US dollar and may surpass it, says an analyst.