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'Brighter days ahead': Reserve Bank cuts OCR by 50 basis points to 4.75%, banks cut interest rates

Future changes to the OCR 'would depend on its evolving assessment of the economy'.

Fed wrestles with decision over how aggressively to cut interest rates

Financial Times: Close call over whether to lower rates by half or quarter point.

Wall St gains, data keeps smaller Fed rate cut in view

Path forward for interest rate cuts should keep people excited, wealth manager says.

Outgoing Treasury boss calls for capital gains tax and superannuation changes

Caralee McLiesh says structural changes are required to address NZ's structural deficit.

Asia shares steady, US dollar firm before jobs test

Upcoming jobs report may be crucial for rate cuts in world's biggest economy.

Are central banks good doctors? Comparing RBNZ and US inflation strategies

OPINION: How the RBNZ's cautious monetary policies have over-treated the NZ economy.

The low-tax countries wooing the world’s wealthy

Financial Times: Newer jurisdictions are muscling in on traditional territories.

Mark Lister: Did the Fed just make a policy mistake?

OPINION: Policymakers need to ensure unemployment doesn’t rise too much.

Bank of England keeps main interest rate at 16-year high despite inflation fall

Concerns some underlying measures of inflation are still too high.

Cost of living: Reserve Bank outlining path ‘back to 2% inflation’

'Think hard before jumping': Reserve Bank says outlook for NZ economy is not that bad.

Fed signals one interest rate cut before end of 2024

Financial Times: Forecasts after data shows inflation lower than expected in May.

Inside Economics: Winners and losers in the interest rate game - and why it matters

OPINION: We need to stop self-pathologising, because NZ's not that special.

Zombies: Ranks of world’s most debt-hobbled companies soaring, and not all will survive

'They’re going to get crushed': Judgment Day may loom for debt-addled companies.

ANZ predicts interest rate cuts from February next year

Previously hawkish economists now see first OCR cut occurring in February, not May.

Stocks sink as bond sell-off fuels jitters

Financial Times: Low demand for new Treasury auctions prompts retreat in major indices.

'Very painful spot': Willis, Orr discuss efforts to rein in inflation

The Reserve Bank has kept the OCR on hold at 5.5 per cent.