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Brian Fallow: Labour's plan a subtly blunt instrument
What we got from Labour's finance spokesman David Parker on Tuesday was a much broader economic policy than that would imply, writes Brian Fallow.
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Building consents rebound
Building consents for residential housing rose to a six-and-a-half year high in March, snapping two months of decline.
![Editorial: Imaginative policy option to rises in interest rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Editorial: Imaginative policy option to rises in interest rates
Editorial: The Labour Party has done well to come up with a constructive monetary policy for the coming election.
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KiwiSaver plan could hit savers
Labour's proposals to allow the Reserve Bank to adjust KiwiSaver contributions rather than interest rates to control inflation could hurt savers, KiwiSaver experts warn.
![Labour's plan 'nothing new'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Labour's plan 'nothing new'
Finance Minister Bill English has rubbished Labour's new Kiwisaver plan, but the policy has received support from employers.
![Wall St up as drug deals bolster sentiment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Wall St up as drug deals bolster sentiment
A raft of merger and acquisition activity in the global drug sector helped underpin equities on both sides of the Atlantic
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NZ dollar falls as investors look for insight
The New Zealand dollar fell ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen.