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The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research’s “Shadow Monetary Policy” board is recommending a 25 basis point cut to the ...
KiwiSaver is at a crossroads. It can continue its slow drift into irrelevance –eroded by short-term thinking and piecemeal ...
Brian Easton has a gloomy picture of the state of the economy, based on the professional judgments of the Treasury economists ...
Roger J Kerr sees three strands of economic stimulus coming for the local economy. Meanwhile, bond markets react to ...
Trump threatened aggressive tariffs on the EU contributing to volatility in risk sensitive assets. S&P500 partially recovers ...
The Reserve Bank will likely cut the Official Cash Rate from 3.50% to 3.25% in the coming week, but it's really anybody's ...
This is the context in which President Donald Trump has hastened America’s retreat. While no one is surprised to see an ...
This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned spending for the 2025/26 budget year. Actual spending for the ...
Trump lashes out again; US new home sales surge; China FDI shrinks; questions over China bank viability; Singapore inflation ...
The Growth Budget doesn’t succeed in boosting wage growth, despite improving productivity with tax incentives for capital ...
This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned tax collections for the 2025/26 budget year. Actual tax collected ...
Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ ‘Growth Budget’ will aim to expand the economy and slowly shrink the Government ...