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Liam Dann: Don't bet your house (or your mortgage rate) on inflation forecasts
OPINION: It's taken years to start causing a serious economic downturn.
OPINION: It's taken years to start causing a serious economic downturn.
And the food still in demand from financially-strained Kiwis.
BNZ's profitability falls as savers shift their funds to accounts that pay more interest.
Vacancies in office and retail spaces are on the rise, as property owners face a tax hike.
Beneath the topline unemployment figures, labour market data was worse than expected.
The Reserve Bank says banks are well positioned to help struggling borrowers.
ANZ's April Business Outlook survey show firms are feeling more downbeat.
The bank is wary of banks issuing loans against properties that become hard to insure.
Imports take a tumble, kiwifruit and apples get country out of deficit.
Home owners don't want to miss out on the chance interest rates could fall next year.
Westpac economists highlight the Swiftflation effect, BNZ urges RBNZ to shake it off.
Liam Dann answers reader questions and digs through the week's economic news.
Hurdles high to improving competition among banks.
Much as Kiwis do, American consumers confront sticky inflation.
No change for OCR but economists warn RBNZ tone remains 'hawkish'.
A quagmire of challenges meant many pundits picked the cash rate to stay put.
An accountant says some businesses should consider whether staying open is viable.
The New Zealand sharemarket was lower for the seventh time in eight trading days.
'For every three people coming into New Zealand, we need a new house.' - Mike Blackburn.
"Central banks globally including us and fiscal authorities pumped money in."
Economists with expertise in infrastructure and macroeconomics to join powerful committee.
OPINION: Liam Dann digs beneath the economic headlines in his weekly column.
He thought he was investing $400k in a HSBC term deposit. But it was all a scam.
Reserve Bank isn't planning to change bank capital rules further to ComCom suggestions.
Gloomy data points the way on the path to lower inflation.
How might Kiwis benefit from the solid US eeconomy?
Recession as a second quarter of contraction recorded, per capita numbers are even worse.
Moving away from the OCR as the Reserve Bank’s primary tool is worth looking at, they say.
It says the fund must keep capital to meet its needs and service higher borrowing costs.
OPINION: Cheaper veges won't be enough for the Reserve Bank to cut rates any time soon.