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New Zealand January Food Prices Rise An Unadjusted 1.3% Food prices in New Zealand climbed an unadjusted 1.3 percent on month in January, Statistics New Zealand said on Friday. Seasonally adjusted, food prices were flat on month. In January 2021 compared with December 2020: fruit and vegetable prices rose 1.7 percent (down 1.4 percent after seasonal adjustment); meat, poultry, and fish prices rose 1.1 percent; grocery food prices rose 1.8 percent (up 0.8 percent after seasonal adjustment); non-alcoholic beverage prices rose 2.5 percent; and restaurant meals and ready-to-eat food prices rose ...

Press Release – BNZ Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has announced Paul Conway as its new Chief Economist. BNZ Chief Financial Officer, Peter MacGillivray, says, Paul breaks the mould of the traditional bank economist who typically focus on house prices, interest rates, … Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) has announced Paul Conway as its new Chief Economist. BNZ Chief Financial Officer, Peter MacGillivray, says, “Paul breaks the mould of the traditional bank economist who typically focus on house prices, interest rates, and the state of the business cycle. “While these issues are important, Paul’...

Activity in New Zealand’s services sector improved from the previous month, but still recorded contraction, according to the BNZ - BusinessNZ Performance of Services Index (PSI).

Dec 20, 2020 Jack Branning is a prosperous Mississippi businessman, with commercial interests stretching from Hattiesburg to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He’s seen a lot of deals in his 89 years, but few were as curious as the one he was offered back in 2013. That’s when a forester walked into his office in Vicksburg and inquired about 1,700 acres of former soybean fields he owned nearby. The man worked for GreenTrees LLC, a small company that says it combats climate change by reforesting thousands of acres of farmland along the lower Mississippi River. GreenTrees says it pays landown...

Carbon offsets not helping climate if they aren’t sparking change Rethinking the value of programs that pay landowners to plant trees, sometimes even if they did it a decade ago December 18, 2020 16 MINS Jack Branning is a prosperous Mississippi businessman, with commercial interests stretching from Hattiesburg to Baton Rouge, La. He’s seen a lot of deals in his 89 years, but few were as curious as the one he was offered back in 2013. That’s when a forester walked into his office in Vicksburg and inquired about 1,700 acres of former soybean fields he owned nearby. ...