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![]() 28 August 2013 Which Way To Pay Westpac have recently launched a new home loan product to ensure first time buyers get on the property ladder. Read More >> |
![]() 10 June 2013 13:45 Mark Maffia In New Zealand, people spend approximately $3.7 billion per year shopping on the Internet. About 25 per cent of the sum is going to retailers abroad. Read More >> |
![]() 12 March 2013 Mark Maffia Spending money electronically has risen last month by 0.8 percent – this is the highest since last August. Read More >> |
![]() 25 February 2013 James Larkin About 100 jobs are at risk after the fashion retailer Suzanne Grae has announced that it is about to close their shops in New Zealand Read More >> |
![]() 24 January 2013 Mark Maffia Across the whole European Union the year 2012 showed the lowest demand for new cars in 17 years. Between January and December 8.2 percent less new cars had been registered Read More >> |
![]() 11 October 2012 18:00 Which Way to Pay Both New Zealand and Australia are forecast to grow at twice the rate of other advanced economies next year. The IMF has slightly pulled back its forecast for the New Zealand economy, predicting it will expand 2.2% this year and 3.1% in 2013 partly thanks to rebuilding plans in Canterbury. Read More >> |
![]() 25 September 2012 16:00 Which Way to Pay According to a report released in Wellington by Statistics New Zealand, gross domestic product rose 0.6% in the last quarter when it expanded a revised 1%. Read More >> |
![]() 02 August 2012 03:00 Lucy Williams The US Federal Reserve kept its monetary policy unchanged while acknowledging that the country’s economy may need help as a result of decelerating economic activity. Read More >> |
![]() 31 July 2012 02:00 Lucy Williams A recent bank survey has shown that New Zealand’s business confidence is recovering for the first time since April as interest rates remain at record lows. A shaky global economic outlook has kept the country’s interest rates on hold. Read More >> |
![]() 26 July 2012 02:30 Lucy Williams The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has left its official cash rate on hold at 2.5 percent, the same rate since early 2011. Read More >> |
![]() 24 July 2012 03:00 Lucy Williams Statistics recently released by the New Zealand Treasury show a rebound in economic growth as a result of increasing gross domestic product gains. Read More >> |
![]() 19 July 2012 02:00 Lucy Williams The US Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke recognises how Europe is still facing serious economic difficulties and a solution for its debt crisis isn’t plausible in the near future. Bernanke has left markets contemplating the idea of further quantitative easing for global economies which are continuing to feel the strain of the global economic crisis. The New Zealand dollar however has since strengthened against the US dollar and equalised against the euro. Read More >> |
![]() 17 July 2012 01:00 Lucy Williams Businesses in New Zealand’s economic capital Auckland have begun to show signs of expansion however the same cannot be said for the country’s other major cities including Wellington and Christchurch. Positive surveys have been released showing two consecutive quarters of revenue growth for Auckland businesses but on the whole New Zealand continues its struggle against the economic crisis. Read More >> |
![]() 10 July 2012 00:00 Phoebe Robinson The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research has posted news of pessimism within the economy. They have said that New Zealand firms have become less optimistic in the second quarter as the country’s recovery has fallen far behind expectations. Read More >> |
![]() 29 June 2012 23:30 Phoebe Robinson The New Zealand Dollar dropped a cent behind the USD as the markets anxiously await any news from the European Union Summit in Brussels, Which is expected to produce results that will show how leaders plan to deal with and attempt to solve the Eurozone crisis. Read More >> |
![]() 27 June 2012 01:30 Phoebe Robinson The pace of Imports into New Zealand seems to have over taken the pace of exports, this contributed to the widening annual deficit of the country. Read More >> |
![]() 21 June 2012 16:00 Phoebe Robinson Figures have been released which show that New Zealand’s agricultural driven economy is growing at the fastest pace in five years. It seems that good weather has fuelled milk production which has lead to an increase in dairy manufacturing. Read More >> |
![]() 19 June 2012 03:16am Phoebe Robinson Like many other countries, New Zealand’s economy has been knocked by the crisis of the single currency. Read More >> |
![]() 13 June 2012 20:00 Florence Fullalove In its annual overview and forecasts the Ministry for Primary Industries has said that export revenues from the primary sector are forecasted to decline during this year because of falling prices. Read More >> |
![]() 29 May 2012 14:00 Florence Fullalove According to a study from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER), New Zealand’s economy is stagnant and looks set to struggle over the next two years because of delays to the Canterbury earthquake rebuild, reluctant consumers, slowing growth in major trading partners, and sluggish investment. Read More >> |
![]() 25 May 2012 15:30 Florence Fullalove The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development expects New Zealand’s economic growth to gather pace over the coming two years, thanks to lower interest rates, the rebuilding of Christchurch and comparatively strong growth in its two most important trading partners, Australia and China. Read More >> |
![]() 21 May 2012 16:00 Florence Fullalove Credit reporting company Dun & Bradstreet has said that New Zealand’s economy is the fourth-safest economy in the Asia-Pacific region. According to the new research Australia is the safest economy, followed by Hong Kong and then Singapore. Read More >> |
![]() 15 May 2012 10:30am Mark Maffia Statistics New Zealand said today that News Zealand’s economic growth was actually slower than previously thought during 2011. While economic activity still grew 0.3% in the last quarter of last year, activity for the whole year increased 1.1% and not a previous calculation of 1.4%. Read More >> |
![]() 11 May 2012 11:00am Victoria Wedderburn Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard has said the New Zealand economy has grown modestly in the past three years but remains vulnerable to a downturn in global economic and financial conditions. In its May 2012 Financial Stability Report Dr Bollard said financial market sentiment had improved since the start of the year. Read More >> |
![]() 02 May 2012 19:00 Crage Campbell According to Statistics New Zealand, New Zealand wage inflation slowed between January and March this year leaving the overall labour costs benign enough to let the central bank keep interest rates on hold for longer. Read More >> |
![]() 26 April 2012 19:00 Jack Stupple The Reserve Bank of New Zealand held its official cash rate steady at 2.5%, where it has been since March last year, pointing to favourable inflation and a high local dollar. Read More >> |
![]() 23 April 2012 11:00am Victoria Wedderburn Speaking in Singaporean, New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key has said that New Zealand’s economy is looking up as it recovers from the Christchurch earthquake. Read More >> |
![]() 17 April 2012 22:00 Mark Maffia Trade Minister Tim Groser says New Zealand must strengthen economic ties with fast-developing Indonesia. Read More >> |
![]() 12 April 2012 09:00am Jack Stupple The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) released its quarterly survey of business opinions showing that New Zealand business confidence rose in the first three months of 2012. Read More >> |
![]() 05 April 2012 10:00am Jack Stupple The productivity commissions of New Zealand and New Zealand have suggested that a shared Trans-Tasman currency could lower business costs. Read More >> |
![]() 03 April 2012 21:00 Florence Fullalove The International Monetary Fund has released today its preliminary concluding statement on New Zealand’s economy. IMF mission chief to New Zealand Brian Aitken said that, “the outlook for New Zealand looks good though it’s not great.” The Read More >> |
![]() 30 March 2012 21:00 Victoria Wedderburn According to a survey released by the National Bank of New Zealand, New Zealand business confidence rose to a seven month high in March. Read More >> |
![]() 28 March 2012 23:00 Florence Fullalove The annual trade surplus continued to wither last month and unfortunately this trend is predicted to continue. Read More >> |
![]() 23 March 2012 04:00am Mark Maffia According to Statistics New Zealand, New Zealand’s economy grew just 0.3% in the last quarter of 2011. Read More >> |
![]() 20 March 2012 01:00am Florence Fullalove New Zealand economists have cut their growth predictions over the next two years as they expect a slower and shallower recovery as the Canterbury rebuild suffers delays. Read More >> |
![]() 15 March 2012 05:00am Florence Fullalove The New Zealand Government have outlined six areas that it says are pivotal to build a more productive and competitive economy over the next three years. Read More >> |
![]() 12 March 2012 13:00 Crage Campbell The New Zealand dollar extended losses through local trading as strong US data on Friday dimmed expectations. Read More >> |
![]() 06 March 2012 Which Way to Pay The bad weather seen across New Zealand this summer has actually been a blessing in disguise for local farmers, as the wet weather has boosted agricultural output to reach 10 year record highs. Read More >> |
![]() 28 February 2012 Which Way to Pay The significance of New Zealand's trade with China has been stressed today by the Wellington Employers Chamber of Commerce. Read More >> |
![]() 20 February 2012 Which Way to Pay The New Zealand Government’s fiscal deficit for the six months of the 2011/12 fiscal year was much worse than expected thanks to a lower than forecasted tax take. Read More >> |
![]() 15 February 2012 Which Way to Pay According to a report by the Ministry of Economic Development, the Rugby World Cup boosted tourist spending in New Zealand as people visiting the country for the tournament spent about $390 million. Read More >> |
![]() 13 February 2012 Which Way to Pay According to Statistics New Zealand, spending on credit and debit cards in January rose last month as total transactions advanced 1 % to $5.45 billion, with more money being spent across all industries. Read More >> |
![]() 08 February 2012 Which Way to Pay According to the Treasury Department, New Zealand’s economic prospects have deteriorated surround concerns of the worsening debt crisis in Europe. Read More >> |
![]() 03 February 2012 Which Way to Pay New Zealand's dealings with china have been given clear direction in the form of a 5 year plan that has been called the New Zealand China Strategy, the first of its kind. Read More >> |
![]() 01 February 2012 Which Way to Pay The New Zealand Dollar has weakened after a 4 ½ month high against US dollar but the kiwi dollar achieves new highs against the Euro. Read More >> |
![]() 20 January 2012 Which Way to Pay In the December quarter of 2011 New Zealand’s annual inflation fell unexpectedly according to Statistics New Zealand. The latest national consumer price index fell 0.3% to be 1.8% higher than a year ago, the first decline in two years. Read More >> |
![]() 04 January 2012 Which Way to Pay The Grant Thornton International Business Report has shed light on the growing optimism felt in New Zealand concerning business confidence and forecasts for the year ahead. Read More >> |
![]() 06 December 2011 Which Way to Pay According to the latest spending figures from Paymark, New Zealanders are keeping their purse strings tight throughout the run up to Christmas. The figures show that the build up to Christmas did begin last month, it was a "slight intermission breaking up the busy Rugby World Cup period and the pending Christmas rush''. Read More >> |
![]() 30 November 2011 Which Way to Pay Building consents across New Zealand bounced back last month, seeing a plethora of new construction intentions in the residential property market in Auckland. Increasing at a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.1%, the amount of new homes, excluding apartments, were up 1,123 in October. Read More >> |
![]() 24 November 2011 Which Way to Pay The trade deficit in October was smaller than expected, helped by exporters shipping bigger volumes of meat and crude oil. The actual deficit was $282 million for October was nearly half of the expected $450 million by a survey of economists done by Reuters. Read More >> |
![]() 17 November 2011 Which Way to Pay Although the strong New Zealand dollar is a disadvantage for exporters, online shoppers across the country are taking advantage of it by trawling foreign websites for great deals. DHL Express, the freight delivery operator, has reported exponential growth in the number of deliveries from abroad. Read More >> |
![]() 10 November 2011 Which Way to Pay Manufacturing across New Zealand contracted throughout October to the lowest level seen since June 2009. The drop has been attributed to business being distracted by the Rugby World Cup as well as the construction sector slowing down. Read More >> |
![]() 17 October 2011 Which Way to Pay New Zealand Oil & Gas (NZOG)has pledged to invest another $5 million into the coal mine, Pike River, in which they own the largest number of shares. The money is needed to cover the cost of mine stabilisation following warnings from the receivers that working capital had been used up. Read More >> |
![]() 11 October 2011 Which Way to Pay According to Statistics New Zealand, credit and debit card use was only slightly up across the country despite the Rugby World Cup. Read More >> |
![]() 05 October 2011 Which Way to Pay The real estate industry has once more come under scrutiny following accusations that some real estate agents are falsely claiming that houses have been designed by architects to increase their value. Following an investigation by The Real Estate Agents Authority, 2 Hamilton real estate agents have been found guilty of unsatisfactory conduct. Read More >> |
![]() 29 September 2011 Which Way to Pay One of New Zealand’s biggest calling card providers has admitted to providing misleading data to customers about its calling charges. Compass Communications was charged on five different counts by the Commerce Commission under the Fair Trading Act over issues relating to several of the company’s phone cards. Read More >> |
![]() 26 September 2011 Which Way to Pay The New Zealand dollar is set to see further declines as investors’ confidence takes yet more hits as the IMF are slow to make progress on a plan to tackle the worsening debt crisis in Europe. Some economists and market strategists predict that the NZ dollar will fall further as more bad news comes from the eurozone. Read More >> |
![]() 21 September 2011 Which Way to Pay Tourism New Zealand is urging the tourism industry throughout New Zealand to improve services in anticipation of a boom in visitors from Asia over the next few years. The rising middle class in China, along with fast economic growth, are expected to see Chinese tourists outstrip holiday spending from the US and the UK with a whopping $604 million expected to be spent on travelling in 2013. The number of visitors is predicted to overtake those from the US and the UK by 2014. Read More >> |
![]() 15 September 2011 Which Way to Pay The Reserve Bank Governor, Alan Bollard, has said that New Zealand’s banks may be forced to hike interest rates if the global financial markets continue to suffer and keeps increasing funding costs, even without a monetary tightening policy. Read More >> |
![]() 12 September 2011 Which Way to Pay Labour leader, Phil Goff, has warned Christchurch residents that house prices in the city are going to skyrocket. Homeowners in the city, which was badly hit by the earthquake in February, who may already have lost out through the buyout offer from the Government, are set to take another hit from the elevated prices. Read More >> |
![]() 08 September 2011 Which Way to Pay Parliament has witnessed the tabling of new legislation regarding the repayment of student loans. The new plans aim to improve the rate of repayment on student loans taken out in New Zealand. Read More >> |
![]() 07 September 2011 Which Way to Pay Auckland is still New Zealand’s fastest growing region largely as a result of a strong housing market. The “Super City” retains its place at the top ahead of Waikato and the Bay of Plenty who were tied in second place on the back of a recovery in retail sales and an improved housing market. Read More >> |
![]() 06 September 2011 Which Way to Pay Prime Minister John Key revealed that subsequent to a High Court decision late last week, the taxpayer’s share of the $29.5 billion bill for rebuilding Christchurch is set to rise yet again. It is anticipated a further $1 billion of taxpayer’s money will be required. Read More >> |
![]() 05 September 2011 Which Way to Pay Amidst already sagging consumer confidence, the US Government revealed further bad news regarding the economy after a report confirmed no growth in the job sector during August. This news marks the first period in 10 months that the world’s largest economy has not produced net growth in nonfarm payrolls. Read More >> |
![]() 02 September 2011 Which Way to Pay American government funding has been secured by Auckland-based bio-fuels pioneer Lanzatech who can now further their explorations into a “drop-in” fuel replacement for conventional jet fuel. Read More >> |
![]() 01 September 2011 Which Way to Pay The partner of Australian private equity firm Ironbridge Capital, Mike Hill has released a statement quelling market suspicion that its New Zealand television and radio business, MediaWorks is up for sale. Ironbridge was explicit that contrary to market talk, it was not in discussion with pay TV operator Sky Network TV. Read More >> |
![]() 31 August 2011 Which Way to Pay After nearly five years as CEO of Telecom, Paul Reynolds will leave the company in 2012. However, Reynolds will lead the company through the demerger with Chorus in November amidst a search for a new chief executive to direct the company from the 2012/13 financial year. Read More >> |
![]() 30 August 2011 Which Way To Pay At the moment, the Earthquake Commission’s quake cost blow out is from $4 billion to $7.1 billion. However there is a continual debate going on with many suggesting that the estimate of the cost of the Canterbury quakes will go even higher. Read More >> |
![]() 25 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The annual profit of Kiwibank has fallen by 54% to $21.2 million in comparison to last year’s profit after tax of $45.8 million. The $24.6 million tumble marks the fact that demand for bad debt has surged more than four times what it was as upon June 2010. Read More >> |
![]() 24 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The Government’s bid to save money resulted in the merging of fisheries management back into the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry earlier this year. This morning employees were warned of cuts which will be adopted in October when the company is set to restructure. As a result, 466 jobs (189 in Wellington alone) will be cut. However, it is anticipated that the merger will also create 225 new positions. The Public Service Association (PSA) also warned that the folding of the fisheries independency could threaten some of New Zealand’s most important industries. Read More >> |
![]() 23 August 2011 Which Way to Pay Goldman Sachs shares fell sharply today alongside the news that its chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, has hired a top defence lawyer. Read More >> |
![]() 22 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The chief executive of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), Robert Elstone says investors should expect sharemarket volatility to continue alongside the rise in food and energy prices to the background of developing nation public debt. With the threat of global depression infecting markets, investors are flocking to gold, sending it to the latest of a series of records. Read More >> |
![]() 17 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The catalyst for today’s slump on Wall Street was the plunging share prices of the world’s No.2 PC maker, Dell Inc. Dell cut its sales forecast yesterday after the market closed in response to consumers, governments and companies reducing their spending on technology. Dell shares plunged more than 9% subsequent to reducing its full-year revenue growth outlook to between 1-5% from the earlier 5-9% forecast. Read More >> |
![]() 18 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The 14,000 or so beleaguered investors in Bridgecorp are set to receive their first paltry payout subsequent to the collapse of the company run by property financier Rod Petricevic four years ago. When Bridgecorp collapsed on July 2, 2007 and was placed into receivership by the trustee Covenant Trustee Company, it owed it’s investors about $459 million. Read More >> |
![]() 16 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The rural, commercial and consumer loans which comprise South Canterbury’s core assets are to be sold to the Japanese investment bank Nomura. Furthering this, it is rumoured that the assets were sold at steep discount to the book value. Read More >> |
![]() 15 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The New Zealand service sector has shown enough momentum to resist the latest bout of global financial volatility. Service sector growth has been witnessed for the sixth consecutive month this July. Figures released from Business NZ (BNZ) Performance of Services Index (PSI) slipped 0.2 points to 54.5 in July. Growth in the sector was further underpinned by the fact that new orders extended gains to 58.6 where supplier delivery rose 0.9 points to 52. Read More >> |
![]() 11 August 2011 Which Way to Pay This August, New Zealand consumer confidence has reached a new 7-month high. Therefore, despite the volatile financial markets, there is reason to believe that Kiwi employment may be picking up and in so doing fuelling people’s appetite to spend. Read More >> |
![]() 10 August 2011 Which Way to Pay BNZ economist Stephen Toplis and Westpac’s chief economist Dominick Stephens have forecasted that the Reserve Bank’s next Official Cash Rate (OCR) will be in December rather than the previously predicted September. This change in outlook can be seen as a direct response to the current turmoil in global financial markets. Read More >> |
![]() 09 August 2011 Which Way to Pay As Wall Street sinks, the New Zealand dollar extends its decline against the greenback subsequent to the US downgrade causing a slump in global equity and commodity markets. Investors are now looking to limit their risk exposure causing western equity markets to fall sharply in a continuation of the selloff that commenced in Asia yesterday. Read More >> |
![]() 08 August 2011 Which Way to Pay The New Zealand stock exchange closed with a decrease in shares by 2.78% today which was up earlier sharp falls this morning. The instability in the market reflects Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating from top-notch AAA to AA+. This comes as yet another blow to the struggling U.S. economy and heightens fears that the world's number one economy may be headed back into recession. Read More >> |
![]() 04 August 2011 Which Way to Pay Global currency trade markets were convulsed by central bank intervention effecting afternoon trade and resulting in the New Zealand dollar falling more than 1 USc to 85.3 USc today. Following lunch, an intervention by the Bank of Japan pulled the yen lower stoking the resultant dramatic fall in the local currency vs the US dollar. Read More >> |
![]() 03 August 2011 Which Way to Pay Homeowners in Auckland have put 1050 new properties up for sale last month, the lowest number in a decade according to the real estate agent Barfoot & Thompson. Read More >> |
![]() 02 August 2011 Which Way to Pay According to a Reuters survey of economists, wages in New Zealand grew at a slower pace than headline inflation as the labour cost index fell short of the 0.5% predicted. The labour cost index rose 0.4% in the three months ending June 30, with state sector staff getting smaller pay increases than their private sector counterparts according to Statistics New Zealand data. The figures support the central bank’s view that consumer price index changes shouldn’t justify a reason to hike pay rates. Read More >> |
![]() 22 July 2011 Which Way To Pay The NZF Group has announced that the board of its property lending subsidiary – NZF Money – have asked that a receiver is appointed by their trustee, Covenant Trustee Company. Read More >> |
![]() 20 July 2011 Which Way to Pay The latest Dun & Bradstreet Consumer Credit Expectations Survey, which canvassed 1010 people revealed that almost a third of Kiwis envisage difficulties meeting credit obligations in the September quarter. The survey, which asked people to comment on credit usage expectations, history and spending, highlighted Christchurch residents to be under the greatest financial strain. Read More >> |
![]() 27 June 2011 Which Way To Pay The New Zealand government has made it clear that it wants to purchase thousands of the most badly damaged houses in Christchurch so that they can be demolished. Read More >> |
![]() 31 March 2011 Which Way To Pay Goldman Sachs & Partners New Zealand have undertaken new research which confirms that the recent quakes will have a short but significant effect on New Zealand’s economy. Read More >> |
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