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An OCR decision provides a barometer of the economy.
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Job speed dating at Auckland Airport: 300 roles on offer
More than 30 employers and 500 job seekers have registered to attend the event.
Liam Dann: Jobs market may be worse than it looks
There are cracks appearing in New Zealand's strong labour data. Should we be worried?
Editorial: Can record wage growth pull NZ out of its inflation rut?
EDITORIAL: As wage growth reaches decade highs, NZ needs to do a lot better.
Economist tips wage growth to hit 10-year high
Unemployment has likely risen, but the labour market remains tight, pushing wages up.
Liam Dann: Good news for Govt as business and consumer confidence turns
Consumer and business confidence getting better? Perhaps, but they couldn't get much worse
Local Focus: Whanganui youth employment positive
Plenty of opportunity for Whanganui school leavers. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
Liam Dann: Govt should ignore calls for panic spending
Calls for Grant Robertson to launch emergency economic stimulus are unrealistic.
Building confidence: Can we turn around the economic gloom?
Why is business so gloomy ... and what would it take to cheer them up?
Liam Dann: Cheer up, we're not sliding into recession
COMMENT: Growth is slowing but there is hope on the horizon.
Up to 160 jobs to go at Auckland Council
Most of the jobs will be back-house staff to make way for more positions in growth areas.
Two years of 'hell': Woman gets $45k over sham restructure
Woman was unfairly treated at work, phased out in sham company restructure.
Liam Dann: Can the kiwi win a global race to the bottom?
COMMENT: Our currency is off almost 10 per cent in six months - how low will it go?
ANZ picks OCR to keep falling - three more cuts by May
ANZ economists expect slowing growth will force three more official cash rate cuts.
Robertson holds nerve on spending as growth slows
Is it time for emergency fiscal stimulus? "We're not there yet," says Finance Minister.
Liam Dann: Can we shop our way through a downturn?
Consumer confidence is holding up despite business gloom - can it last?
Westpac's warning: Economy will get worse before it gets better
GDP growth has slowed and while lower rates will provide a boost, it maybe short lived.
A recession will come, but how bad will it be?
Despite this week's warning signs, we have little idea when.
Liam Dann: Fair fiscal winds blowing Labour's way
COMMENT: Calls from economists for more govt spending will suit Labour in election year.
Liam Dann: I hope Adrian Orr is better at poker than me
Does a double cut in the official cash rate leave enough in the tank for a real crisis?
Gloomy outlook: Interest rates tipped to go below 1 per cent
Economists' interest-rate outlooks getting increasingly gloomy as market woes escalate.
Unemployment defies gloomy forecasts, hits new low
Unemployment rate lowest since the June 2008 quarter.
Unemployment: The statistic that can sink governments
Unemployment is expected to have ticked upwards in the latest stats. Could it be a trend?
'Rough diamond' barista unfairly fired for swearing at customers
Rachel Ferrari admitted swearing but argued customers enjoyed "robust social interaction".
Boot camps for the unemployed set to double in size
Camps puts young people from all walks of life in an army-style environment.
Liam Dann: The economic numbers that would have blown us away in 1980s
COMMENT: How the economy has changed in the past 30 years.
John Roughan: Spare a thought for our rough sleepers
COMMENT: Where do the homeless go when the chill arrives and rain turns to sleet.
Brian Fallow: Looking for an alternative to the jobs apocalypse
The robots may be coming, but that doesn't have to mean mass unemployment.
Hosking: 13,000 beneficiaries can't be bothered working - they're getting away with it
Comment: Welfare is being treated as a relaxing hammock rather than a safety net.
New data to show wage growth still missing in action
Labour market data due Wednesday will show what impact new Government policies have had.
Vehicle tester shut down over 3 complaints in 15 years
Vehicle tester loses authority to issue WOFs after complaints about his work.
Tapu Misa: Time to rethink 'brown issues' in the media
Tapu Misa says we need to hear more from inspirational Maori and Pacific women.
Backpacker's social media post for farm work turns ugly
A backpackers' innocent social media post looking for local work has turned nasty.
Editorial: Dole rise reflects lighter demands
Comment: Rise in number of the dole may reflect less enforcement of its requirements.