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Agribiz: History never repeats?

Global food prices are on the rise. But there’s not yet the same sense...

01 Dec 2010 Agri

Raising interest

The New Zealand banking system has only limited scope to raise local deposits...

28 Sep 2010 Research papers

Shaky isles

The earthquake that struck the Canterbury region this weekend has resulted...

06 Sep 2010 Research papers

Crossing the line

NZ’s economic data has been weaker than Australia’s, and the interest rate spread...

23 Aug 2010 Research papers

Being effective

There has been much hand-wringing, mostly by vested interest groups...

17 Aug 2010 Research papers

Neutral about neutral

There are lots of moving parts in guestimating a neutral cash rate...

16 Aug 2010 Research papers

A matter of interest

There will be a greater margin between actual lending rates and the OCR/swap...

12 Aug 2010 Research papers

Before and after

This is the first in a series of articles exploring the interest rate environment in...

09 Aug 2010 Research papers

House prices: further to fall

The housing market has been slow over 2010, with low sales, lengthening time...

02 Jul 2010 Research papers

Ease the squeeze, please

New Zealand remains in a housing shortage...

25 Jun 2010 Research papers

The bigGST step

The Government has signalled a range of economic reforms, including changes...

12 Feb 2010 Research papers

Sectoral performance

Goods producing sectors were nailed during the recession...

15 Jan 2010 Research papers
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