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Dollar dips ahead of US jobs data

Dollar drops as greenback strengthens on US optimism

Dollar touches three-week high against Aussie

Dollar gains after weak US data

Dollar rises to six-year high vs yen

Pat English: Oz taking rivalry all the way to China

New Zealand exporters need to be on top of their game when Australia finalises its own FTA next year, writes Pat English.

Dollar edges up in quiet trading

Floats far from a sure bet

The sharemarket has seen a raft of new companies launch on to the exchange in the past 14 months but not all have proved to be winners.

NZ dollar drops to week low against Aussie

Bernard Hickey: 'Dutch disease' drives rash of losses Downunder

The festering symptoms of "Dutch disease" have burst into a rash of losses across the Australian and New Zealand economies this week.

Dollar hits new five-year high against Aussie

Retailer blasts tax 'failure'

Exports add to interest pressures

Dollar slip ahead of Reserve Bank rate decision

Fed Farmers: Better food safety needed

Federated Farmers says a report on Fonterra's botulism scare has highlighted the need for a stronger food safety regime.

Groser still positive as TPP talks close

'We've got momentum.' Trade Minister Tim Groser is optimistic a Pacific-wide trade deal can be struck early next year, as it misses its 2013 target.

Reserve Bank OCR stays at 2.5pc

The Reserve Bank has left the official cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent. Interest rates are expected to increase early next year.

Simon Terry: Govt must resist foreign tribunal demands in TPP

Tribunals have too much discretion and can broadly interpret that text as protecting the expected future profits of foreign investors, writes Simon Terry.