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Wages up, but private sector lags
Wage increases accelerated in the last quarter, but is still soft enough to keep the Reserve Bank from hiking interest rates anytime soon. The labour cost index rose 0.6 percent in the last...
Building consents sink in September as growth stalls
New Zealand building consents stalled in September with its first monthly decline in five eroding gains over the past two months.
OCR: rates left on hold at 2.5pc
The Reserve Bank has this morning left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at a record low 2.5 per cent. The move was widely anticipated, with this week's inflation numbers coming in lower than predicted.
CPI comes in lower than expected - inflation up 0.4pc
The chances of any official cash rate increase from the Reserve Bank have dropped, with the latest inflation figures coming in lower than expected. The CPI was up 0.4 per cent in the last quarter, taking annual inflation to 4.6pc.
Bernard Hickey: What did double-downgrade day really mean?
Now the dust has settled on 'Double-Downgrade Day', it's worth looking at what it all means.
Tower lifts premiums on bigger reinsurance bill
Tower insurance is lifting its premiums across the board, to help pay for increased re-insurance policies prompted by the Christchurch earthquakes.
Greek woes may affect NZ credit access - Bollard
Greece's sovereign debt woes could end up affecting New Zealand's access to credit and slowing down the country's economic growth, says Alan Bollard.
Surplus still on if Asia stays clear of Euro, US trouble, says Key
Prime Minister John Key thinks the government will be able to stick to its surplus and debt tracks if Asian economies stay "de-coupled" from the economic turmoil in Europe and the United States.
GDP growth tipped to have slowed, but then lift for rest of 2011
New Zealand's economy probably slowed from its surprisingly robust first-quarter pace in the second three months of 2011 as construction stayed weak and manufacturing continued to tread water.
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.
Economy on the mend, but global threats loom, says NZIER
New forecasts from the NZIER say the economy is growing slowly this year and keep growing next year, but exports are threatened by a potential global slowdown.