We look at some basic building blocks of our interest rate settings, the foundation on which the 2025 changes will play out ...

Global factory PMIs turn down; global freight rates twisted by tariff reactions; China slips but signals new support; UST ...

The global economy is very large. The New Zealand economy is very small. This is one way to view our relative place in the economic world ...

Kenneth Rogoff worries about the incoming US administration's plans to weaken the American central bank's independence ...

Without taxpayer subsidies, the new car market twisted while it shrank, but buyers gravitated to petrol hybrids rather than ...

With all mortgages looking like a commodity, little different between institutions, banks are finding it difficult to win new ...

US data mixed; China sees some factory expansion; USD strength hurts many currencies; ETFs have spectacular year; UST 10yr at ...

Lynda Moore says if you spent a bit more than you planned this holiday season, don't panic. There are ways to get on top of the overspending - and make yourself feel good about how you recover ...

Financial markets reassess their risk profiles; China expects 'outsized stimulus'; coffee and cocoa prices return to record highs; UST 10yr at 4.63%; gold firm and oil little-changed; NZ$1 = 56.4 USc; ...

2024 was a year of when interest rates turned lower, when 'normalisation' occurred in the world's largest economies. Inflation was tamed, or at least quelled after the pandemic run-up. Public ...

This is an extract from the December 2024 Red Meat Report by Beef+La,b NZ and the Meat Industry Association. A report by B+LNZ this month confirmed earlier estimates for fewer lambs in spring 2024 ...