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Bernard Hickey: 'I'll let you do the dirty work'
It's official. We now know that John Key and Alan Bollard secretly love our high dollar.
Kiwi dollar dips ahead of OCR news
The New Zealand dollar fell against the greenback ahead of the Reserve Bank's official cash rate announcement this morning.
Joe Beaglehole: Let the people decide on economy
Balancing tax and spending is not a task we can afford to cede to appointed experts...
Geoff Simmons: Time to unsheath RB's secret weapon
Economic data is reading a little bit like the zombie apocalypse at the moment: the dollar hit an all-time high this week while inflation is the highest it has been in 21 years.
Economy surges - GDP up 0.8pc
New Zealand's economy kicked off 2011 with a bang, growing at twice the forecast pace and the fastest since December 2009 as a resurgent manufacturing sector drove the nation's revival in the face of Canterbury's earthquakes.
NZ economy tipped to have grown quickly this year
New Zealand's economy probably grew at the fastest pace in four quarters in the first three months of 2011, say economists.
Bollard surprised as NZ dollar soars to new high
The New Zealand dollar rose as high as 82.97 US cents in New York overnight, the highest level since the currency...
<i>Brian Fallow :</i> Bollard gives clear signal of 2011 rates move
Alan Bollard has given a pretty clear signal he expects to start raising interest rates before...
Currency jawbone, steady OCR tipped for Bollard
Alan Bollard may signal his disapproval of the high kiwi dollar when he releases his monetary policy statement next week.
LinkedIn soars as US economy splutters
A soaring debut by LinkedIn contrasted with a drop in semiconductor stocks including Intel as data on US home sales and manufacturing fell short of expectations.
More insurance bailouts possible: Reserve Bank
More insurance companies may require bailouts as a result of the Christchurch earthquakes.
NZ house prices overvalued says IMF
New Zealand house prices appear to be overvalued by up to 25 per cent, the International Monetary Fund says.
Floating mortgages now over 50pc of all NZ home loans
More than half of New Zealand's $168.2b of mortgages are now on floating rates, says the Reserve Bank.