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Despite borrowers' rush to fix mortgages, ongoing OCR hikes should enable...
Short headline: RBNZ's power over borrowers TweetBy Gareth VaughanThe Reserve Bank's monetary policy power over borrowers might be incrementally declining as more and more choose to fix their home...
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Live-streamed video from the RBNZ press conference with Governor Graeme Wheeler
Short headline: Live: RBNZ press conference TweetLive-streamed video from the RBNZ press conference with Governor Graeme Wheeler.This presentation started 9:00 am.Bernard Hickey's main report on what...
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RBNZ Governor says the rising OCR will hit borrowers in their pockets given...
Short headline: 'You are going to see monetary policy working' TweetBy Gareth VaughanReserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler says Official Cash Rate increases will take a toll on mortgage rates, and...
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Matt Nolan sifts through three political parties' policies to try and help...
Short headline: Friday's guest Top 10 TweetToday's Top 10 is a guest post from Matt Nolan.*As always, we welcome your additions in the comment stream below or via email to...
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Opinion: A year on from their introduction, the RBNZ's controversial high LVR...
Short headline: A 1st birthday party for LVR speed limits? TweetBy Gareth VaughanThe Reserve Bank's "speed limits" on banks' high loan-to-value ratio (LVR) residential mortgage lending kicked in one...
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ANZ economists say the odds of the RBNZ sitting out 2015 are growing by the...
Short headline: OCR unchanged through 2015? TweetANZ economists say the odds on the Reserve Bank holding the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 3.5% through 2015 are growing by the day.In their weekly Market...
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Bernard Hickey looks deep inside the Reserve Bank's Financial Stability...
Short headline: Amazingly disastrous Auckland TweetBy Bernard HickeyAuckland is incredible, and not just because of way its property owners will happily crash websites in their quest to know how much...
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Live-streamed video from the December RBNZ press conference with Governor...
Short headline: Live: RBNZ press conference TweetThis presentation started at 9:00 am.Bernard Hickey's main report on what the December Monetary Policy Statement means is here.The RBNZ Statement is...
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Bernard Hickey wonders if central banks are wasting their time with money...
Short headline: Let it go TweetBy Bernard HickeyAs the proud father of a 12 year old girl I have not been able to avoid the phenomenon of 'Frozen' and that bloody song -- Let it go.It is the...
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Rodney Dickens looks at the RBNZ's housing experiments, its exchange rate...
Short headline: Is Graeme Wheeler a control freak? TweetBy Rodney Dickens*It is normal for Reserve Bank governors to try new experiments, but more often than not they turn out to be bad ideas (e.g....
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Live-streamed video from the March 2015 RBNZ press conference with Governor...
Short headline: Live: RBNZ press conference TweetThis news conference started at 9:00 am.Bernard Hickey's main report on what the March Monetary Policy Statement means is here.The RBNZ OCR Statement...
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Labour's Andrew Little accuses Key of using 'megaphone diplomacy' on the RBNZ...
Short headline: Key accused of bullying the RBNZ TweetBy Bernard HickeyLabour Leader Andrew Little has accused Prime Minster John Key of over-stepping the boundary of the Reserve Bank's independence...
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Wheeler says Auckland housing surge not a factor in OCR decision as RBNZ not...
Short headline: Auckland housing not a factor in OCR TweetBy Bernard HickeyReserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler has ruled out the resurgent Auckland housing market as a reason why the Reserve Bank did...
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BNZ economists suggest the targeted 1-3% inflation band could be lowered
Short headline: Inflation targets questioned TweetBNZ's economists are suggesting that New Zealand might want to look at lowering its inflation targets.At the moment under the Policy Targets Agreement...
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Bernard Hickey argues the Reserve Bank and Bill English should stop turning a...
Short headline: A 'good' deflation debate TweetBy Bernard HickeyLet's debate 'good' deflation.On the face of it, there's everything to love to about deflation and nothing to hate.From a consumer point...
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