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Fran O'Sullivan: It's time for more gravitas from Key
We need to hear what really matters from the Prime Minister.
We need to hear what really matters from the Prime Minister.
If Peter Chrisp has got the weight of this country's export sector sitting on his shoulders, he doesn't show it.
Investors' optimism about fresh stimulus by the Federal Reserve was dampened overnight as Ben Bernanke indicated the central bank wasn't planning any immediate action.
GDP growth twice as strong as forecasters picked despite earthquake
New Zealand's economy kicked off 2011 with a bang, growing at twice the forecast pace and the fastest since December 2009 as a resurgent manufacturing sector drove the nation's revival in the face of Canterbury's earthquakes.
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.
Fear that the debt crisis in Europe is spreading has sent investors running for the exits, hammering both global equities and the euro.
Political uncertainty in Australia will be a factor in decisions on emissions trading here.
Retailers helped boost Wall Street after a surprisingly buoyant jobs report and better-than-expected sales at big retailers.
Should we be worried that the commodity spike of the past few months has peaked?