News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 26 days ago
Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard has moved to rein in market expectations that the official cash rate could start to rise as soon as the new year...The focus was on the semantics of the accompanying statement. The bank's line since April 30 had...
News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 26 days ago
The September overseas merchandise trade statistics showed overall value of exports fell by 11 per cent to $2.8 billion and imports fell by 27 per cent to $3.2 billion when compared with September last year. Milk powder, butter and cheese exports...
News Source: Scoop
| 26 days ago
Pike River fell 2.7% to $1.09, Pan Pacific declined 3.6% to 53 cents and NZ Oil & Gas fell 2.3% to $1.69 as prices of commodities including copper and crude oil fell. Stocks tumbled worldwide after weaker-than-expected new home sales in the U.S.
News Source: Xtra News
| 26 days ago
Risk aversion is sky-rocketing, seeing investors ditch growth currencies like the kiwi in favour of the relative safety of the US dollar and the yen," BNZ Capital senior strategist Danica Hampton said. The NZ dollar plummeted to US71.74c by 5pm today,...
News Source: Xtra News
| 26 days ago
Reserve Bank cools expectations for official cash rate hikes Thursday October 29, 03:26 PM Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard today sent markets a clear message that they have been expecting a rise in the official cash rate (OCR) too soon.
News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 27 days ago
Bernard Hickey from interest.co.nz on personal finance trends, mortgages, homeloan affordability, credit cards and more 9:15AM Thursday October 29, 2009 Alan Bollard performed the monetary policy equivalent of a flick pass this morning. Dan Carter,...