51+ min ago  (361+ words) ANZ New Zealand's economists say mortgage borrowers are facing a quandary when it comes to refixing their loans. In their latest ANZ Property Focus report, they note wholesale interest rates, which feed into mortgage rates, are facing pressures from many…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (676+ words) Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand with news the bond market is dominating the news today with sharply rising long term yields as investors see no end in sight to the war inflation upon…...

23+ hour, 52+ min ago  (833+ words) When rivers degrade, pests spread or drought hits crops, nature sends a bill. Yet it's one rarely itemised on any balance sheet, because nature's contribution to business remains genuinely hard to quantify. One major obstacle is data. Businesses rarely disclose…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (644+ words) Even though wholesale interest rates are rising notably, and there has been some increase in home loan rates, the movements in retail term deposit rates have been tamer. But some have been moving and almost all these rates are up,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1669+ words) Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand with news there has been no improvement in the backdrop to the global economy. To open the new week, oil prices have risen after Trump warned that Tehran…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (553+ words) ANZ New Zealand, the country's biggest bank, has come out on top - among banks - in a new mortgage broker/adviser survey, but the survey results also feature a strong showing from non-bank lenders. Among the questions in the Adaptive Intelligence…...

2+ day, 9+ min ago  (953+ words) Here are the key things you need to know before you leave work today (or if you work from home, before you shutdown your laptop). MORTGAGE RATE CHANGES TSB raised most fixed rates today. All current mortgage rates are here....

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (399+ words) The housing market is heading into winter with a huge overhang of unsold properties, even though the number of properties being withdrawn from sale is also rising. Interest. co. nz estimates there was an overhang of just over 28, 000 unsold residential…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1817+ words) Higher long rates tend to feed on themselves when stress (like the Iran War) is elevated. And the US Fed is in no position to cut rates; in fact markets are guessing the chances of a hike are rising. These…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1105+ words) Because, as Stanford must know, for any examination system to be academically effective a pass mark cannot be given to everybody. A test that everybody passes isn't a test, it's a fraud. It was the widespread perception that the NCEA…...