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Inside Money: Scheme 10075 number comes up for BNZ

NZ dollar traders wait on Japanese data

ASB cuts mortgage rates

ASB Bank has today announced reductions to its three, four and five-year fixed home loan rates.

NZ dollar trading at 83.69 US cents

Future is now for retail banking

NZ dollar steady ahead of inflation data

Aucklanders drive up consumer confidence

Rush for home loans

Mortgage approvals reached their highest levels in almost four years last month, as people rushed to make the most of low interest rates.

No cash to teach investors

New Zealand's investment regulator has no budget to help investors gain a better understanding of where to put their cash.

Kiwis gloomy about their job security

Hubbard misled investors, says report

Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard misled investors in his tangled affairs, says a report written shortly before his death in a car accident in September, 2011.

Dann: Brokers and bankers all in a buzz

The local market has been hotter than the mid-January sun for the past few weeks, writes Liam Dann. Market reports have been noting fresh five-year highs nearly every day.

Forecasters tipping tiny inflation rise

Economists expect next to no inflation when the December quarter consumer price index is released on Friday.

Time to fix mortgage has come

Floating mortgage holders could save more than $700 million this year by switching to a two-year fixed rate, statistics show.

ASB picking an unchanged CPI

NZ dollar falls vs euro, hits 84.46 US cents

Commodities rise for fifth month

NZ dollar falls against the yen, US dollar