Four panelists at the recent FSC conference give their view on what retirement looks like for each of them personally.
With a weak NZ dollar harming the outlook for imported inflation, could the RBNZ be tempted to intervene to try and prop the NZ dollar up?
The pound has been weakening amid a strong US dollar, high gas prices and post-Brexit challenges. Central bank intervention could negate the UK government’s attempts to support the economy, says an academic.
David Hargreaves thinks the Reserve Bank will actually be very comfortable with the latest GDP data - even if economists are not
Feeling that fiscal drag? Why you could be worse off even if your pay has gone up
ASB expects house prices to keep falling until mid-next year and interest rates to remain high until 2024
Asia Times
No central bank’s 2022 has been turned upside down more abruptly than Yi Gang’s People’s Bank of China (PBOC). That’s saying a lot given the economic shocks complicating the year for US Federal Res…
RBNZ figures show that housing investors had their smallest share of the mortgage money advanced last month since the data began being collected in 2014
Ross Stitt says for Australia, droughts and rains are proving increasingly problematic, as are bushfires, cyclones, and coastal erosion. All up, it is an insurability crisis
Asia Times
TOKYO – As China scrambles to stimulate growth, it’s comforting to see Chinese Premier Li Keqiang internalizing – apparently – the works of Milton Friedman. How so? By recalling the Nobel Pri…
The Commerce Commission's draft building supplies report is a buy recommendation for Fletcher Building shares
France 24
The US Commerce Department on Thursday announced that the country’s gross domestic product fell for the second consecutive quarter, and President Joe Biden said it “doesn’t sound like a recession”. In…
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ASB economist says people sticking to the strategy of fixing for the cheapest rate possible might face a shock.
First home buyers paying $736,000 on average for a home and borrowing $588,000
It was somewhat of a surprise to read a piece this week about one of the industry leaders talking about her own financial advice journey.
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OPINION: The ability to roll with the punches and survive despite setbacks and adverse events is crucial in retirement.
Te wiki o te tāke; IRD targets overdue tax debt, GST on directors fees. Tax take rising. RBNZ analyses housing
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We cannot be sure, but the answer matters even in the short term.
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