The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has gone as far as to say a Donald Trump win would be devastating for our country.

Despite another quarter of low inflation New Zealand does not need to worry about deflation hurting economic growth, ANZ senior economist

Employers are being challenged to take on 500 unemployed young people in the next 50 days to give young New Zealanders a break into their first jobs.

Businesses were more optimistic about the state of the economy and their own activity in September.

NZIER's monetary policy shadow board favours a cut to the official cash rate of 25 basis points to 3 per cent tomorrow.

Business confidence has fallen to a three-year low, led by regions like Waikato, Canterbury and Southland particularly exposed to the dairy sector.

Economics editor Brian Fallow says today's business opinion survey shows we've passed the peak of economic growth.

The country's business confidence plunged as companies became pessimistic about profitability expectations.

NZIER’s shadow monetary policy board favours an on-hold decision when the Reserve Bank reviews the official cash rate.

A new report claims to have disproved a well established urban myth that petrol companies are quick to raise petrol prices, but slow to drop them when prices fall.

The monetary policy shadow board's advice to Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler is unchanged from six weeks ago - keep the official cash rate on hold at 3.5 per cent, with a cut the next best....

In the last year, Auckland house prices were up 16 per cent and it is expected pressures will build up house prices even more.

House prices are up, home ownership is down. We all know the story, but what's really going on in real estate?

The housing market numbers seem stacked against buyers, so should people buy a house in the current market? We talk to four experts about the issue.

Low floating mortgage interest rates look set to lift in the second half of next year, economists say.

A new report shows only 35 per cent of kiwi businesses have their own website and most are slow adopters of new technology.

More New Zealand businesses are feeling pessimistic than optimistic about the current trading environment, according the NZIER.

Rural New Zealand is likely to disproportionately suffer the consequences of the country's ageing population and outward migration, according to the NZ Institute of Economic Research.