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.

Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler is expected to move his lips when he delivers his Monetary Policy statement on Thursday, but not much else.

It is hard to understand why Finance Minister is wary about giving the Reserve Bank the power it wants to impose an income limit on house mortgage lending.

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A bombshell hit London this week: Mark Carney, the most powerful man in the British economy, will only be in his job until mid-2019.

The former leader of the UK Conservative Party, has warned the policies of central banks are pumping up stock markets and house prices.

New data tomorrow is expected to show inflation near zero - so why does it feel like the cost of living is rising?

Report shows children born in the 1980s only have half the wealth those born a decade earlier did at the same age - and they are unlikely to catch up.

The Reserve Bank is expected to hold fire from cutting interest rates next week until it can get a better steer on the inflation outlook

Deposit-payers might be asked for 15 per cent more.

Governor Graeme Wheeler outlines why he doesn't see the need to take a slash and burn approach to interest rates.

A 2016 rate hike from the Fed is still under consideration, as the U.S. economy is close to meeting the central bank's goals.

Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler might be wondering right now what he has to do to move the needle on retail interest rates or the dollar.

HSBC has slashed its two year fixed home loan rate to a 50 year record low 3.79 per cent

COMMENT: Low inflation, low wage growth is creating asset bubbles, exacerbating inequality and driving instability, writes Liam Dann.

It's the weakest housing sentiment result since early 2012.

COMMENT: The Reserve Bank may be missing its target, but we shouldn't give up so easily just because it is hard to hit.

Higher fixed-term rates are not likely to deliver the funding boost that lenders are looking for, experts say.

COMMENT: Financial markets often don't do what we expect them to.

COMMENT: NZ's conservative approach leaves us vulnerable to low interest rates.

The Reserve Bank has delayed the start of changes to investor loan-to-value restrictions (LVRs) nationwide from 1 September to 1 October

The BNZ has followed in the footsteps of its Australian-owned rivals shaving a tiny fraction off its floating mortgage rate and boosting