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Kiwi households save money for the first time in 11 years
NZ households have recorded their first year of net savings since 2000.
Terms of trade dips on commodity price falls, strong dollar
New Zealand's terms of trade - the amount of imports that can be funded by a fixed quantity of exports - fell in the third quarter, driven by falling prices for primary sector exports and a strong kiwi dollar.
Lettuce drops 37pc, leads food prices downwards
Lettuce prices were down 37 per cent and tomatoes fell 29 per cent as a vegetable price dive led to food prices down last month....
Almost half of Kiwis just scraping by
Nearly half of all New Zealanders say they have not enough or just enough to live on.
Wages up, but private sector lags
Wage increases accelerated in the last quarter, but is still soft enough to keep the Reserve Bank from hiking interest rates anytime soon. The labour cost index rose 0.6 percent in the last...
Building consents sink in September as growth stalls
New Zealand building consents stalled in September with its first monthly decline in five eroding gains over the past two months.
NZ Dollar Outlook: Kiwi may keep falling
The New Zealand dollar may extend its decline this week as investors, nervous about the slow progress being made on Europe's escalating sovereign debt crisis, sell growth-linked currencies for the relative safety of the greenback.
Domestic chores survey gets feather dusters flying
It seems rural women are ahead of their city sisters in the domestic goddess stakes by a country mile - on paper at least.
NZ current account gap widens as foreigners earn more, visitors spend less
NZ's current account deficit was $2 billion in the three months ended June 30, up from $1.53 billion in the first quarter.
Prices for NZ goods and services up 1.4pc
Prices for goods and services produced in this country rose 1.4 per cent in the June quarter from the previous three months.
Dairy and meat push exports up 4.5pc, dollar dips
New Zealand's trade surplus was $230m in June, missing forecasts and pushing the kiwi dollar down by almost a third of a cent.