Interest10h
NZDM says total book size for $5 billion government bond issue exceeded $23.9 billion
NZDM said Tuesday it issued $5 billion via a syndicated tap of a nominal government bond due to mature in May 2030. Total ...
Interest18h
The USD is broadly stronger
Global rates are broadly higher without a satisfactory explanation. US Treasury yields are up 7-9bps across the curve with ...
Interest18h
Breakfast briefing: Financial markets signal risk-off until the US election
US leading indicators slip; Canada optimism fractured by age; Malaysia grows faster; Taiwan export orders high; China cuts ...
Interest1d
BNZ economists say there is a 'high hurdle' for a 75 basis-point Official Cash Rate cut
BNZ economists look back at some of the reasons why the Reserve Bank made big OCR cuts in the past, finding such reasons ...
Interest1d
Insurer lobby groups from 4 Commonwealth countries combine in extreme weather warning
Insurance representative bodies from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the UK urge their governments in a joint letter to ...
Interest1d
labour market
Latest SEEK NZ employment report shows small decrease in job ads during September but a much bigger 29% year-on-year fall ...
Interest1d
Powerful AI that doesn't use heaps of energy one step closer thanks to Microsoft
Microsoft releases open source BitNet, which simplifies AI large language models so that they run faster and with less energy ...
Interest1d
What the Presidential election outcome could mean for the US dollar value
*Roger J Kerr is Executive Chairman of Barrington Treasury Services NZ Limited. He has written commentaries on the NZ dollar ...
Interest1d
NZ in tight range, still on the sidelines
China activity data showed a lift in momentum. Japan CPI inflation now above target for a full 2½ years. US equities ...
Interest2d
Small fall for job ads in September
Latest SEEK NZ employment report shows small decrease in job ads during September but a much bigger 29% year-on-year fall ...
Interest2d
Eswar Prasad looks beyond promising headline trends to identify deep-seated risks and barriers to growth
The latest update of the Brookings-Financial Times Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery (TIGER) shows that, ...
Interest2d
Time for the Green Party to get ‘back on track’
In New Zealand, a multi-millionaire businessman leads a right-wing governing coalition determined to put economic growth ahead of most environmental and social concerns. Polls show a majority of ...