David Chaston

3 days ago | interest.co.nz | David Chaston |David Hargreaves

Economy / news A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; more retail rate cuts, Barfoot prices lower, dairy prices lower, new population projections, more vehicle securitisations, swaps stable, NZD holds, & more 4th Jun 25, 3:59pm by 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 ASB has joined ANZ trimming its fixed rates. Basically they are matching rivals’...

4 days ago | interest.co.nz | Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves |David Chaston

Personal Finance / analysis Our largest home loan lender shores up its rate position as challengers, including some of its main rivals, shift to lower positions in a tightly competitive market 3rd Jun 25, 5:06pm by ANZ, the nation's largest mortgage lender with more than 72% of all its lending in home loans (March 2025 RBNZ Dashboard), has moved to retain its market position by trimming its fixed rates. This move comes after BNZ (with less than 57% of all its loans in mortgages) moved last...

4 days ago | interest.co.nz | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

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 CHANGESBank of China and ICBC both cut their floating rates. NBS (Nelson Building Society) cut both its fixed and floating rates. And ICBC, the Police Credit Union, and WBS all cut fixed rates. All rates are here. TERM DEPOSIT/SAVINGS RATE CHANGESRabobank trimmed its savings rates today following the OCR reduction. Bank of Baroda also cut TD rates.

4 days ago | interest.co.nz | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Economy / news Dairy prices slip; US data underwhelms; Korea elects opposition candidate; China factories slow; EU inflation low; OECD sees lower growth; modest AU minimum wage rise; UST 10yr at 4.46%; gold down and oil up; NZ$1 = 60.1 USc; TWI-5 = 68.1 4th Jun 25, 7:19am by Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news the global economic expansion is losing pace, led by the US. But first up today, the overnight full dairy auction pulled back, and...

1 week ago | interest.co.nz | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves

Economy / news A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; virtually no retail rate change activity, housing metrics weak, consumer sentiment weak, households keep their cash ready, swaps retreat, NZD firms, & more 30th May 25, 3:59pm by 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 No changes to report so far today. All rates are here. TERM DEPOSIT/SAVINGS RATE...