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Mark Lister: Debt-reduction plans only delay inevitable
Investors need to be wary of risks posed by overseas economies.
Trade chief on a tough mission
If Peter Chrisp has got the weight of this country's export sector sitting on his shoulders, he doesn't show it.
Bernanke comes to the party, world markets rise
World share markets rose overnight after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed was ready to help the US economy if there were further signs of weakness.
New tax would need to apply to family home to work - Key
All houses should be included under any property gains tax, Prime Minister John Key says, otherwise...
Treasury more pessimistic on economic growth than market
The Treasury is more downbeat about economic growth figures this week, saying it expects gross domestic product grew 0.3% in the first three months of the year.
Inside Money: Account portability exciting, Dutch claim
Excited about bank account number portability?
Brian Fallow: NZ safer than Greece but the risk is real
The danger in that case would be that, as in the global financial crisis three years ago, everyone in the market starts looking sideways at their counterparts and worrying about how much they might be exposed.
Brian Fallow: Inflation threatens to bite into recovery
Households at risk of slow wage growth combined with rising costs.
NZ primary sector exports to surge by 2015, says MAF
A Treasury forecast of a plunging kiwi dollar should mean a surge in the New Zealand primary sector, says a new MAF report.
Youth in holding pattern as recession bites north
The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.
<i>Inside Money:</i> Passive Design - a weird budget default option
What's a no-Nanny State National government doing volunteering its surrogate services to conceive another unwanted financial product?