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Defunct coins given full value for charity
The country's Lions Clubs have struck a deal with the Reserve Bank to get the full value of defunct NZ coins, for charity.
The great credit card swindle
New Zealanders are paying about $10 million a month more in interest on their credit cards than they should be.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Labour gets back into the game
Fran O'Sullivan writes that Phil Goff has been handed a couple of political aces - but how he plays them remains to be seen.
Allied Nationwide reinvestment rate slips below 30pc
Alllied Nationwide Finance had a debenture reinvestment rate of 29.3pc in May.
NZ dollar recovering after yesterday's fall
The NZ dollar is recovering this morning after a sharp fall yesterday.
ASB first big bank to hike rates
The first of the big banks has hiked its floating mortgage rate after the Reserve lifted the Official Cash Rate by 0.25 per cent last week.
Bollard lifts OCR, future hikes likely to be less
While increasing the OCR this morning, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has indicated that future hikes won't be as aggressive as earlier tipped.
NZ dollar tumbles despite interest rates hike
The NZ dollar has tumbled this morning, after Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard signalled that future interest rate rises will be more modest than earlier indicated.
<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Bollard still expects 'respectable' growth
Bollard's statement carried a thinly veiled warning about the consequences of passing on GST increases.
NZ dollar jumps to six-month high
The NZ dollar climbed to a six-month high as a surge in new home sales in the US stoked investors' appetite for higher-yielding, or riskier, assets.
<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> Reserve Bank should target the housing bubble
It's clear the economy has become dependent on the debt growth fuelled by the housing market's ever-increasing values.