New Zealand's June trade surplus was larger than market expectations but warnings of a significant deterioration in the country's export figures came with the release of the latest trade data.
New Zealand's Reserve Bank lacked the firepower to make much of a dent by intervening in the currency market, Craigs Investment Partners broker Peter McIntyre said yesterday.
The odds the Reserve Bank will intervene in the currency market to push down the value of the New Zealand dollar strengthened significantly yesterday.
Job losses at Fonterra's Canpac facility in Waikato show the dangers of relying on dairy exports to China to sustain the economy, union leaders say.
Local Government New Zealand is welcoming a Labour Party pledge to revive the regions with a $200 million fund but Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce is calling it a sop to the regions.
The Reserve Bank is being urged to take a wider view of the economy as it prepares for its official cash rate decision tomorrow.
There was more to regional development than just putting money into particular projects, Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull said yesterday.
The future of Dunedin-based Motor Trade Finances is up for grabs with listed bank Heartland New Zealand making a play for the company formed in the city more than 40 years ago.
New Zealand has experienced a constellation of economic developments which, in unison, raise questions about the urgency for official cash rate rises, Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens says.
Significant milestones were reached in June as migrants continued to flow into New Zealand and fewer people left for Australia.
Bathurst Resources has started work at its West Coast escarpment but Craigs Investment Partners broker Peter McIntyre said the announcement yesterday meant very little in the big scheme of things.
Two electorates - Epsom and Te Tai Tokerau - have the ability to decide the election result.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters announced election policies yesterday which would mean a fence thrown up around the country with exports allowed out but fewer immigrants allowed in.
New Zealand's sharemarket, the first in the world to open for the new week, is likely to take a wait-and-see approach as investors digest ongoing geopolitical events that may escalate.
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Investors sought out safe-haven investments of gold and government bonds yesterday as a pair of geopolitical events rattled financial markets.
New Zealand's fixation with home ownership is causing social inequity and despair, NZIER principal economist Shamubeel Eaqub said yesterday.
Businesses would need to see examples of the specific benefits offered by the implementation of a single business number for businesses by 2017, Deloitte Dunedin tax partner Phil Stevenson said yesterday.
The lift in job advertising could mean unemployment falling to about 5.5% by the end of the year, ANZ economist Steve Edwards said yesterday.
Vista Group shares will sell at a confirmed offer price of $2.35, raising $40 million in new capital to fund acquisitions and development plans.
