The latest quarterly Household Expectations Survey for the Reserve Bank finds that households expect inflation to be lower in future - but the downside is that they reckon the current rate of inflatio ...

Roger J Kerr says local economic forecasters have been consistently underestimating the level of confidence and actual ...

Retail NZ says while there is slightly more willingness by households to pull out the wallet, 'shoppers are remaining ...

Benign US CPI data supports a decline in US treasury yields. US equities were stable after the previous session's AI-driven ...

China house prices fall further; China bank lending soft; India bank lending strong; Malaysia growth strong; US inflation modest; China & US on holiday; UST 10yr at 4.06%; gold firmish and oil holds; ...

Labour leader Chris Hipkins is pushing the Government, which needs Labour’s support, to share official advice before supporting India FTA ...

Experts have been warning about this shift for years, and fiercely debating whether the benefits of an AI revolution will ...

Aussie savers enjoy higher savings account interest rates. Not only is their policy rate higher, they have challenger banks willing & able to aggressively go after the incumbents with fat rate inducem ...

The estimated net 2025 population gain from migration was 14,173, down 40% compared to 2024. That's the lowest in a calendar year since 2013, apart from 2021 when pandemic restrictions were in place.

ACT Party leader David Seymour says New Zealand is ‘over governed’, announces his party will be campaigning for a ‘smaller, more efficient Government’ ...

Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds discusses economic leadership, retirement and focusing on 'growth that makes life better for everyone' at the New Zealand Economics Forum ...

US equities fall by more than 1%, US Treasury yields lower on risk-off vibe. Yen and ultra-long JGBs continue to rally after ...