Asia Times
TOKYO – The yen’s 10% tumble so far this year has the makings of the kind of wildcard that global investors hate. Granted, Asian governments from Seoul to Jakarta are plenty used to Tokyo’s mercant…
NZ Herald
Fisher Funds' Ashley Gardyne weighs in on how markets have performed.
Asia Times
International investors are likely to increase their exposure to Japanese equities or, indeed, consider including them in their portfolios for the first time this year and beyond. The reason is tha…
Asia Times
On the sidelines of the recent BRICS gathering in Cape Town, South Africa, officials contemplated as rarely before the five most dangerous words in economics: things are different this time. For ye…
David Hargreaves examines the coming week's Reserve Bank OCR review and says much attention will be on whatever the RBNZ indicates it might do next - rather than what it actually does on the day. Will there be surprises? Oh, probably
Asia Times
TOKYO – Japan’s decision to hold this weekend’s Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima is appearing more and more “on the nose” with each passing day. Worries that Russia might use nuclear weapons on U…
Stuff
Our simple animation shows what those in power thought would happen to the cost of living since 2018. (Spoiler: There was a a major hiccup).
NZ Herald
There were widespread calls for austerity, but the Govt didn't go as far as many expected.
Stuff
OPINION: This year's Budget didn't see any rabbits pulled out of hats, but it dug a deeper hole for the next Minister of Finance.
Terry Baucher's surprised there's no tax surprise in the Budget, but expects tax debate in election campaigning
The Conversation
Major players in the financial system are pondering the unthinkable as the US inches closer to an unprecedented default.
Covid-era spending and urgent infrastructure investments may force future governments to carry more debt than previous ones
NZ Herald
Cash is trash? And expert who called GFC says small banks can survive First Republic fail.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: Country has a mountain to climb to get imports and exports back in balance.
Asia Times
The current double-barreled problem of recession/inflation {RI) has short-run and long-run causes. Both causes have deep roots. Both will be with us for a long time. But the bad thi…
Asia Times
As China draws down dollar holdings and the yuan trumps the US greenback in Russia, more and more economists are asking if an inflection point has been reached. Count Nobel laureate Paul Krugman fi…
The Reserve Bank has double-pumped the Official Cash Rate with its surprise 50 basis point hike in an effort to blindside the markets. But is it now going to run out of ammo?
Asia Times
NEW YORK – The US banking system is broken. That doesn’t portend more high-profile failures like Credit Suisse. The central banks will keep moribund institutions on life support. But the era …
Stephen Roach thinks America's latest financial trouble will reinforce China's narrative of terminal national decline
The Conversation
The chances of any bank in Australia or New Zealand following the trajectory of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse is effectively zero.
NZ Herald
Index investing changed the game, so what's next?
Salt Fund's Greg Fleming looks at how to invest in a bursting financial markets bubble
The Conversation
The Fed, Treasury and FDIC acted swiftly to protect depositors and stem any panic, but anxiety continues to grow about the state of the global financial system.
NZ Herald
Planning more powerful than trying to predict what will happen.
Rising bank profits highlight tensions between competition watchdogs and central banks
The Money