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Jarden Brief: Stash the cash, mega-companies told as US imposes tougher new rules

Jarden Brief: Market shrugs off warnings about higher borrowing costs and fewer loans.

Liam Dann: OCR on hold or just holding on? Reserve Bank’s next rate call

ANALYSIS: Call this week masks a longer-term challenge.

Covid killed the clinic: IRD has liquidators appointed to medical centre

Statement of assets listed those as being negative, the company owing about $313,000.

NZ dollar drops, interest rates rise after surprise US jobs number

New Zealand dollar left licking its wounds.

Jenée Tibshraeny: Will clobbering the indebted cool inflation?

OPINION: The difficulty of using interest rates to influence inflation.

Jarden Brief: US economy just too hot for some investors

More jobs should be good, right? Think again, as investors get jitters.

Kiwis’ net wealth and savings fall as housing slump takes toll

New Zealand households saved less, as their spending increased at a faster rate.

NZ economy faces hit as export prices slump

Meat and log prices falling on slow Chinese demand.

Survey shows employment confidence falls

The Westpac McDermott Miller Employment Confidence Index hits its lowest level since 2021.

Tight election race adds extra uncertainty to economic outlook

The BusinessNZ Economic Conditions Index remains subdued on high costs and falling demand.

Greedflation: The companies that are hiking prices the most

Some companies are increasing prices far faster than the rate of inflation.

Three Waters: New mechanism for local control in reforms deemed diluted

There are more tweaks to the Government's water reforms in the new bill.

Leeann Watson: Immigration alone can’t bridge NZ’s ‘employability gap’

OPINION: The education system is failing both Kiwi kids and companies, says Leeann Watson.

Confusion over who can join powerful RBNZ committee

Monetary policy researchers can in fact apply to be on the Monetary Policy Committee.

Why it seems everything we knew about the global economy is no longer true

New York Times: The paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.

Market close: NZ sharemarket edges down as investors mull last week’s data

My Food Bag's “long-suffering shareholders” will be happy the stock jumped up again.