Interest rates sure to rise?
A lift in mortgage rates and business borrowing costs isn't a sure thing
A lift in mortgage rates and business borrowing costs isn't a sure thing
Historical revision of GDP tells the good times were even better than we thought.
Adrian Orr has been a prominent personality on financial markets for more than 20 years
Adrian Orr's appointment as Reserve Bank Governor has been met with approval by economists
Super Fund chief executive Adrian Orr has been named new governor of the Reserve Bank
Prices aren't rising much, but there's no need for the Reserve Bank to step on the gas.
EDITORIAL: The Reserve Bank surprised many by moving to ease LVR restrictions.
Gloom in the latest surveys doesn't reflect the positive outlook.
The review will be in two phases, with an expert advisory panel set-up.
NZ First's radical policy is nowhere to be seen in coalition deal.
COMMENT: Markets are coping fine with news of a new Government, Liam Dann writes.
COMMENT: Big parties might accept some NZ First policies - but not a new Reserve Bank Act
Labour should hesitate to change a monetary system that is serving NZ well.
COMMENT: Graeme Wheeler has done a good job in a difficult time for central banks.
Reserve Bank governor is about to step down, but says he has work left to do.
Fed raises the possibility that she may slow the pace of interest rate increases
UK banks are now giving out unsecured consumer loans enthusiastically
COMMENT: This election will be about how we define national success.
But don't expect to see any moves on interest rates for some time yet.
The market expects annual inflation to hit two per cent, for the first time since 2011.
Labour's plan to reform monetary policy is more modest than it looks.
Labour wants the Reserve Bank to consider full employment as well as inflation.
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The Trump slump touched markets overnight that have been running on hope since election.
COMMENT: Donald Trump evidently has a primitive view of international commerce.
COMMENT: In an election year, a useful economic indicator of how Kiwis are feeling is consumer spending.
Greece is under mounting pressure to embark on a new wave of economic reforms, as its international creditors demand extra efforts.
Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler will not seek a second term. Here he reflects on his time in the role.
Let's hope that whoever succeeds Graeme Wheeler as Reserve Bank governor next year does as good a job as he has.
The possibility that we may see a new Reserve Bank Governor before we see another move in the official cash rate could be the biggest