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Falling house prices outpace rising mortgage rates at the lower end the market
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (353+ words) Falling house prices at the bottom of the market saw affordability continue to improve for first home buyers in July even as mortgage interest rates continued to rise. According to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, the national lower…...
Kiwi Bond interest rates raised
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (101+ words) Savers who use the Treasury's Kiwi Bond offers will want to know they have raised the interest rate on them, and notably, their first rise in three years, and the first change since March 2026 They have added between +25 bps and…...
Stats NZ reports first fall in seasonally adjusted retail sales volumes since 2024
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (601+ words) Seasonally adjusted retail sales fell 0.5% in April, May and June, breaking an almost two-year streak of increased spending across the sector. According to Statistics New Zealand’s latest retail trade survey, the total volume of retail sales in NZ decreased by…...
Labour promises return to dual RBNZ monetary policy mandate
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (443+ words) Labour has confirmed that, if reelected to government, it will restore the Reserve Bank's monetary policy dual mandate targeting both inflation and maximum sustainable employment. “Growth means nothing if Kiwis don't feel it in their pay packet, their household budget,…...
Retail beef mince price continues upward march
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (786+ words) Content supplied by Rabobank. New Zealand consumers are now paying more for beef mince than ever before, with the average retail price now sitting well north of $24 per kilo. And with export demand for Kiwi trim beef (mince) expected to…...
The return of fiscal primacy
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (1656+ words) Global economic and geopolitical regime change from the market state to state capitalism has been underway for the past several years, and is accelerating and intensifying. Macro policy is a core domain on which this global regime change will play…...
'Potentially hundreds of millions of dollars worth of suspected fraudulent loans"
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (352+ words) "A joint analysis of data from 10 major Australian banks identified potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in suspected fraudulent loans, mostly linked to properties in Sydney," AUSTRAC says. "The activity was not confined to one lender or borrower group. Recurring…...
How will the current bond market jitters affect us?
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (831+ words) For humanity to slow, arrest or even roll back climate change, it will require the agreed effort of all of us. So adaption is the only realistic path forward. The same is true in the economic world, especially the world…...
Fewer differences but no meaningful shift up in term deposit rates
1+ week, 5+ day ago (351+ words) For savers who rely on term deposits for some extra income, they might be wondering why they haven't seen any meaningful increase in rates recently. Yes, fixed home loan rates have risen, and most banks have also raised some term…...
China’s high-tech consumers crave simplicity
1+ week, 6+ day ago (589+ words) Chinese consumers embrace technology like no one else, and expect it in the goods and services they buy. Almost two-thirds of surveyed Chinese consumers have smart household appliances, compared with around one-third in the US. Auto companies trying to sell…...