The Reserve Bank will next week release its monetary policy statement (MPS) at the usual 9am time through a variety of media channels but will not resume lock-ups for media and financial analysts.
Wages and employment growth were lower than expected in June, creating a challenging environment for workers and the Reserve Bank.
The rally in the United States technology sector has pushed the Nasdaq Composite index into positive territory with more lifts expected.
Inflation expectations and wages will be the key focus in New Zealand this week, with both expected to be muted when figures are released today and tomorrow.
The Otago-Southland Employers' Association and the Northern Employers and Manufacturers' Association are at odds about what constitutes a fair electricity transmission price.
News of a $200 million milk plant to be built 5km north of Gore has been enthusiastically welcomed by Gore Mayor Tracy Hicks, who yesterday described the announcement as "massive''.
Mataura Valley Milk has today announced plans to build a $200 million nutritional milk powders manufacturing plant at McNab, about 5km north of Gore, in Southland. The company is majority...
Trustpower said yesterday it was disappointed with the Supreme Court decision in relation to the tax treatment of feasibility expenditure incurred in the 2006 to 2008 financial years.
The Otago-Southland job market is buoyant, although a survey out yesterday, suggesting more than three-quarters of New Zealanders are on the hunt for a new job, may be misleading.
Yahoo was, for some years, the first site internet users turned to for their mail and online communication through the chat application.
A rapid lift in house prices nationally and Auckland's massive under-supply will drive home building consents to record levels by 2018, Infometrics chief forecaster Gareth Kiernan said yesterday.
Low interest rates remain a focus around the world but, this week, attention will move away from New Zealand towards decisions being made in Australia and the United States.
Log prices have defied predictions of a moderation, continued to improve over the second half of last year and are likely to remain at elevated levels for much of 2016.
Investore Property's portfolio of 39 large format retail properties offers a defensive exposure to non-discretionary retail spending, something which is unique among its listed peers, Forsyth Barr broker Lyn Howe says.
Dunedin meat co-operative Silver Fern Farms remained under lender pressure to address its capital structure and reduce its reliance on debt, chairman Rob Hewett said yesterday.
ASB is sticking to its season milk price forecast of $6 per kg of milk solids, although rural economist Nathan Penny says to maintain the forecast, prices will have to rise materially in coming months.
Small-cap companies carry higher liquidity and visibility risks than their large-cap peers but Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird says this means some will possess positive attributes that may not be fully priced in. She talks to business editor Dene Mackenzie.
Inflation is forecast to have risen 0.5% in the three months to June, taking the annual inflation rate to the same figure, still well below the Reserve Bank's target of between 1% and 2%.
Coronet Peak would not have opened this year without the power of its 217 snow-making guns which generated a 40cm snow base just in time for the start of the school holidays.
