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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 Thursday; no retail rate changes, rents down, GDP up, more bond issuance, cost of living & economy health top issues, swaps stable, NZD dips, & more 19th 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 No changes to report today. Details here. All rates are here. TERM DEPOSIT/SAVINGS RATE CHANGES...
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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 Wednesday; mortgage and TD rates tighten, unsold housing rises, consumers less glum, current account deficit shrinks, swaps stable, NZD dips, & more 18th 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 BNZ trimmed some short fixed rates today. Details here. All rates are here. TERM DEPOSIT/SAVINGS...
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1 week ago | 
interest.co.nz | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves
Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news the Fed governors are clearly worried about the inflation threat from the new tariff taxes. The US Fed has kept rates unchanged in their decision earlier today, holding their core policy rate at 4.25%. The projection dot plot suggested that they have two more -25 bps rate cuts pencilled in for 2025 and one more for 2026.
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1 week ago | 
interest.co.nz | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves
The IMF has been looking at New Zealand's productivity record and how it might be improved. They say our weak productivity growth poses a significant challenge for the country’s long-term economic prospects. Low productivity growth partly reflects structural factors, including our remote geography and small markets, as well as the relatively large role of the tourism and agriculture sectors.
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1 week ago | 
interest.co.nz | Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves |David Chaston
Personal Finance / analysis Mortgage rates are still inching lower, even as wholesale rates are inching higher. Savers face lower TD rate offers just as deposit takers face new fees for the Depositor Compensation Scheme.
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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 Tuesday; housing market weakens, home ownership level rises, inflation rises, farmers feeling better but still not buying tractors, swaps stable, NZD rises, & more 17th 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 No changes to report today. All rates are here. TERM DEPOSIT/SAVINGS RATE CHANGES...
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1 week ago | 
interest.co.nz | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves
Content supplied by Rabobank. Results at a glance• Farmer confidence in the broader agri economy remains elevated with primary producers across all sectors looking favourably at the 12 months ahead. • Among farmers holding a positive outlook on the agri economy, higher commodity prices (62%) was cited as the major source of optimism, while ‘improved marketing’ (16%) and ‘overseas markets/ economies’ (14%) were other key reasons for optimism.
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1 week ago | 
interest.co.nz | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves
Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news there are hopes, early ones at this stage, that Iran is looking for an off-ramp in its fight with Israel, or at least, so says Trump. That was enough to bolster equity markets today. But the USD is falling and bond yields are rising.
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1 week 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 CHANGESTSB has cut its 1, 2 and 3 year fixed rates. All rates are here. TERM DEPOSIT/SAVINGS RATE CHANGESHeartland Bank has trimmed TD rates for almost all terns to 18 months. All updated term deposit rates less than 1 year are here, for 1-5 years, they are here. 'SERVICE WITH A SLUMP'The latest survey of the service sector is not good.
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1 week ago | 
finance.einnews.com | David Chaston |Gareth Vaughan |David Hargreaves
Economy / news Wars and large protests a backdrop to much upcoming data and policy decisions this week; trade sags; factory activity remains surprisingly resilient; UST 10yr at 4.41%; gold and oil jump; NZ$1 = 60.3 USc; TWI-5 = 68.1 16th Jun 25, 7:19am by David Chaston Here's our summary of key economic events over the that affect New Zealand, with news the hot-war tensions in the Middle East from Israel's attack on Iran has generated substantial financial market reaction. And a 'hot' war...
