*Brian Easton, an independent scholar, is an economist, social statistician, public policy analyst and historian. He was the ...

Benchmark bond yields are in the middle of significant change in many countries, NZ included. While it is hard to know where ...

Eyes on inflation's track; US jobs rose more than expected; American fear upcoming inflation; China struggles to contain ...

Roger J Kerr says current financial market sentiment, positioning and commentary would not suggest that the US dollar is ...

Latest Stats NZ figures show filled jobs rose by nearly 6,000 in November - the first monthly rise since March 2024 ...

Floating mortgage rates see a huge surge in popularity, with over $3.5 billion of lending done at floating rates in November, according to new RBNZ figures ...

Expectations are being built for big home loan rate cuts leading up to the February OCR review and beyond. But there is more ...

US jobs market stronger than expected; US consumers fear impending inflation; financial markets fear rate cut delays; ...

A bond bubble is developing in Chinese financial markets and regulators are scrambling to contain it and defuse the ...

Expectations are being built for big home loan rate cuts leading up to the February OCR review and beyond. But there is more going on in the world than weak NZ housing sales. What are the chances that ...

New Zealand’s current account deficit, now running at $27 bln per annum, is increasingly dominated by interest on historical ...

Ross Stitt reports Australia enters 2025 in 'reasonable economic shape', but facing a world that 2024 shaped with uniquely ...