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Bollard tipped to lift rates this year, as inflation stirs
Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard is expected to keep the official cash rate unchanged next week while signalling the stimulus of a record-low OCR will be removed sooner rather than later as inflation pressures start to stir.
Share slump hammers Euro banks
Stocks in Europe and Italian fixed-income securities were pummelled on concern about the euro zone's debt crisis. The benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index ended the day with a 4.1 per cent drop.
OCR hike not till December, say bank economists
Global turmoil in global markets means the next OCR hike is now likely to be December, not September, say a growing number of bank ecnomists.
NZ electronic card spending edges up in July
New Zealand lifted spending on credit and debit card transactions marginally last month.
Warning for NZ as global stocks fall
The Dow has plummeted 4.4 percent overnight, dropping below the 11,000 level for the first time since November, as markets continued a global sell-off. It comes as Standard and Poor's warns New Zealand is among the countries that could suffer...
Bernard Hickey: 'I'll let you do the dirty work'
It's official. We now know that John Key and Alan Bollard secretly love our high dollar.
Kiwi dollar dips ahead of OCR news
The New Zealand dollar fell against the greenback ahead of the Reserve Bank's official cash rate announcement this morning.
Joe Beaglehole: Let the people decide on economy
Balancing tax and spending is not a task we can afford to cede to appointed experts...
Geoff Simmons: Time to unsheath RB's secret weapon
Economic data is reading a little bit like the zombie apocalypse at the moment: the dollar hit an all-time high this week while inflation is the highest it has been in 21 years.
Economy surges - GDP up 0.8pc
New Zealand's economy kicked off 2011 with a bang, growing at twice the forecast pace and the fastest since December 2009 as a resurgent manufacturing sector drove the nation's revival in the face of Canterbury's earthquakes.
NZ economy tipped to have grown quickly this year
New Zealand's economy probably grew at the fastest pace in four quarters in the first three months of 2011, say economists.
Bollard surprised as NZ dollar soars to new high
The New Zealand dollar rose as high as 82.97 US cents in New York overnight, the highest level since the currency...
<i>Brian Fallow :</i> Bollard gives clear signal of 2011 rates move
Alan Bollard has given a pretty clear signal he expects to start raising interest rates before...
Currency jawbone, steady OCR tipped for Bollard
Alan Bollard may signal his disapproval of the high kiwi dollar when he releases his monetary policy statement next week.