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(RTTNews) - Despite the weak economic activity, New Zealands central bank lifted its benchmark rate more aggressively than expected on Wednesday,...

Things are always changing. No bagpipe player I saw growing up looked, or played, like this. The MBA’s forecast for 2023 volumes changed, and here’s the latest by the MBA on 2023’s originations: $1.8 trillion. Technology is always changing. No, this Commentary is not produced by ChatGPT, nor will it ever be, unlike lesser publications. But if you’re a teacher, like my daughter with her classroom full of 7th graders, or a professor, how do you know that the paper turne...

Key data released over the past month is unlikely to sway the central bank.   The Reserve Bank (RBA) is once again widely expected to announce a 25 basis point (bp) interest rate hike at its next boa

This week I really should be writing about stock markets, which is where the drama has been recently. Where are stocks headed? Are we nearing a collap

Reserve Bank of Australia SoMP will contain updated forecasts

Government forecasts are overly optimistic. The CPI peaking at about 6 per cent until mid-2023 is the legacy of the fiscal overcompensation for COVID-19.

Myths abound in housing. They influence the way those in the market behave. More importantly, they distort the housing debate and the government policies that follow.

Weekly Small Cap and IPO Wrap: Emerging Co’s double ASX200 returns, throwing a Firebrick at COVID

Forex news for Asia trading on Friday 4 February 2022

MacroBusiness Access Subscriber Only Content Yesterday the NZD carried the Australian dollar higher after a hawkish RBNZ statement: Now that operational constraints have been addressed and the OCR can be lowered further if necessary, we believe it is appropriate to return to our long-standing practice of publishing an OCR projection (figure 2.17). This projection is conditional, in that it communicates the policy path required to meet our monetary policy objectives subject to the economic outlo...