Even superprime US consumers now showing credit stress; other US data lackluster; Singapore beats inflation; Chinese yuan ...

Self-employed New Zealanders make up a growing share of the workforce. But a report by the Retirement Commission and Hnry ...

Shortcomings in the Reserve Bank's current mortgage lending database should be resolved by new reporting system currently ...

After months of what the Prime Minister’s critics have condemned as political drift, however, there is growing evidence that ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he 'personally' thinks the Reserve Bank should have been more aggressive with the ...

Federal Reserve Chair Powell signalled the central bank may cut rates in September. US equities made solid gains. The small ...

China reveals extended weak FDI; Canada gets tariff inflation; Japan inflation dips but rice still a problem; US markets like that Powell de-emphasising the inflation fight; UST 10yr at 4.26%; gold ...

But consumers tend to fare worst in systems where vertical integration is prohibited. Ironically, independent retailers can ...

The drums for fiscal stimulus keep on banging as the Government leaves it to RBNZ monetary policy to stimulate the economy ...

Reserve Bank sees potential for two further OCR cuts by early next year and warns cautious behaviour by households and ...

Angus Kebbell reports that despite record prices for livestock and dairy, farmers still think they are hard done by and want ...

Fonterra's sale of its consumer business to French giant Lactalis will deliver a $3.2 bln tax-free boost for shareholders, ...