"We're expecting a reasonable bounce." Keep Reading

The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged Wednesday, despite stubborn inflation, although it left the door open to an additional rate hike in November or December. Keep Reading

Regardless of today's announcement, Kiwis are still in for a tough year. Keep Reading

New Zealand's current account deficit shrinks more than economists predicted Keep Reading

KiwiSaver funds and membership have increased in the face of volatile financial markets, which delivered a fall in investment returns, but also a fall in managers' fees. Keep Reading

Current account deficit equivalent to 7.5 per cent of GDP in year to June. Keep Reading

Prices for several crucial exports up again at latest auction. Keep Reading

As the “avoid China” theme gains currency with foreign investors, a daunting question confronts President Xi Jinping: What can Beijing do to change a narrative that risks taking on a life of its ow… Keep Reading

BNZ chief economist estimates the average annual expense associated with buying the median NZ home currently exceeds the cost of renting by just over $38,000 a year Keep Reading

Morningstar says it will cut 10% to 12% of the global headcount of its Sustainalytics unit that provides research and ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics Keep Reading

A statement announcing the figures was titled: "Has the real estate recovery begun?" Keep Reading

"You can contribute as much or as little as you can afford." Keep Reading

A great deal is riding on Li Qiang’s visit to Jakarta this week, the new Chinese premier’s first official stop in Southeast Asia. For all the disappointment that Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden won’t be at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, Li is the one from which ASEAN leaders most want to hear. In March, Xi entrusted Li to revive flagging mainland growth and restart big-picture reform efforts. How Li characterizes Beijing’s plans for the world’s second-biggest economy means more for developing Asia than the West, given the ASEAN region’s extreme vulnerability to weakening Chinese growth. That’s especially true as China resists firing its stimulus “bazooka” during this latest downturn. Keep Reading

"There's not a lot of wriggle room to make the numbers add up." Keep Reading

Roger J Kerr says, looking ahead, the increase in US bond yields will not continue and the perceived China risk factor will also abate Keep Reading

The unconventional Kiwisaver provider's latest move? A tie-in with a credit union offering an alternative to the big banks. Keep Reading

The official cash rate has remained unchanged at 5.5%, but the RBNZ forecasts it will remain at that level for longer than previously forecast. Keep Reading

The National Party says a chaotic Government is getting more divided all the time with the latest schism over tax policy Keep Reading

The IMF has said global economic growth is on track to increase somewhat more than expected. However, overall growth in 2023 remains stunted in advanced economies, and Germany's growth is expected to contract. Keep Reading

After quarterly inflation figures that contained, in the words of one economist, 'a number of red flags' for the Reserve Bank, upcoming labour market data are seen as key ahead of the RBNZ's next Official Cash Rate decision in August Keep Reading

Inflation might be softening in some places around the world, but the price of things like groceries remains high. Keep Reading

TOKYO - The investment world has seen no bigger widow-maker trade this last decade than shorting the US dollar. Yet recent volatility in the reserve currency has punters once again asking whether the great dollar reckoning is finally afoot? No one knows, of course. The dollar’s sudden and sharp drop in recent days, though, has the whiff of exactly the sort of foreign-exchange shock for which markets have been bracing. As investors wait to see if things unravel, finally, it’s worth exploring how bad things might get. For now, the dollar’s stumble can easily be explained by shifting considerations of interest rate differential expectations. As strategist Steven Barrow at Standard Bank puts it: “Our call for the dollar to enter a multi-year downtrend is partly based on the fact that the Fed’s tightening cycle will morph into an easing cycle, and this will pull the dollar down even as other central banks cut as well.” Keep Reading

On March 16, 2023, Beijing released an official plan to reform Party and state institutions. This document lays out plans to address deficiencies in the ability of the Chinese government’s own inst… Keep Reading

On average men had 25 percent more money in their KiwiSaver balance at the end of last year. Keep Reading

TOKYO – It’s no surprise, perhaps, that SoftBank Group’s 22% stock rally these last 12 months exactly mirrors that of the broader Nikkei 225 index. Few Japanese conglomerates have benefited more fr… Keep Reading