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Households' shrinking savings as rising living costs eat into disposable income

2022 predicted to be the first negative savings year for Kiwis since 2015.

Non-bank profits rise 57 per cent

KPMG report reveals how sector is coping.

Investors withdraw record levels of coins from crypto exchanges

Financial Times: Unclear if coins sold or moved, but they're clearly going.

Opinion: Beware influencers plugging the financial advice gap

Financial Times: Rising prices are panicking consumers into snap decisions about money.

FTX held talks with Taylor Swift over $157 million sponsorship deal

Financial Times: Negotiations between singer-songwriter and crypto group collapsed.

Workplace wellbeing: How to make it better - and what makes it worse

Financial Times: How flexibility and support can help work-related stress.

'Low point' as Hungary blocks $30 billion worth of EU aid for Ukraine

Financial Times: Ukraine becoming pawn in games over debt dispute and Covid recovery spat.

The country offering cheap loans to give young people a shot at a home of their own

Financial Times: Government programme will offer mortgages for as little as 1%.

Why house prices could fall 22% instead of 18%

Why downward house price momentum could be yet to ease.

ANZ increases home loan rates - first major bank to hike after OCR rise

The move comes in the wake of last week's official cash rate hike.

The week that could unravel the global oil market

Financial Times: Amid price cap on Russian crude, many industry norms being undermined.

Xi Jinping faces stiffest challenge to rule as Covid outrage sparks mass protests

Financial Times: Warning of China reprisals if dissent flares up again.

$2b raid: How emergency Covid funds were redirected to bolster Budget '22

Former Treasury adviser says it was an “accounting trick”.

Financial abuse must become a crime, anti-violence campaigners say

Horror abuse cases: Banks encourage victims to come forward.

Auckland showgrounds: new operators, tenants sought

Auckland's showground centrepiece up for grabs.

Opinion: Sam Bankman-Fried and the power of dressing badly

Financial Times: Looking attractive matters less than telling your story.