The Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee held the Official Cash Rate at 3.25%, while the policymakers assess ongoing inflation pressure and the speed of NZ’s economic recovery. While the committee ...

Desmond Lachman highlights the myriad ways Donald Trump is undermining markets' faith in the US economy and the US dollar ...

US data stable but consumer debt demand falls; Canada expands; German exports dip; Australian sentiment improves; copper ...

Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news a more isolationist US is getting weirder by the week. It's a holiday in the US so their financial markets are ...

The Government has signed its first Memoranda of Understanding to negotiate ‘city and regional deals’ with Auckland, Otago/Central Lakes and Western Bay of Plenty. Earlier in the year, councils were ...

This column started out to explain how the proposed structural outsourcing of public surgery was partly a consequence of the peculiarities of our fiscal borrowing practices. In summary, the ...

The New Zealand Debt Management Office has announced the results of NZ Govt Bond tender number 953 held on 26 Jun, 2025. Tender Date: Thursday, 26 Jun, 2025. Bids close: 2.30pm Results: From 2.35pm ...

After years of resisting the pressure from Wall Street's biggest banks, the ones who are globally systemically important, the Fed looks like it is about to cave. The Fed has long wanted these banks to ...

In equity markets, the Nasdaq 100 index is probing fresh record highs, with Nvidia trading up nearly 4% and at a record high. The S&P500 index is currently flat for the day. Net currency movements ...

Within the next 10 years New Zealand agriculture will need to manage its largest-ever intergenerational transfer of wealth, according to a new white paper by agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

Here are the key things you need to know about in the NZX markets over the past 24 hours. Changes are as at 3:00 pm and may change when the market closes at 4:45 pm. WHAT THE NZX 50 INDEX IS DOING The ...

Embattled construction giant Fletcher Building [FBU] is signalling yet more significant writedowns, which point toward another substantial loss for the financial year about to end. The company says in ...