The South African Reserve Bank will trim its repo rate next week by a quarter of a percentage point to 7.50% and repeat that ...
Across the developed world, HSBC’s estimates suggest New Zealand’s economy had the largest contraction in GDP in 2024. But he ...
HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham once described New Zealand as a "rockstar economy" - but on Friday said that was far from the case right now.
The yen rose after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) hiked rates on Friday and revised up its inflation forecasts, while the Australian ...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has laid out his Government’s goals for the year in his annual state of the nation speech. The Botany MP delivered the speech this week in Auckland, saying he knows ...
The cash rate has stayed the same since November 2023, with Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock saying ...
Rental prices a big driver of Q4 inflation, but Westpac Senior Economist Satish Ranchhod says pressure on households is set to ease this year.
People leaving New Zealand hit record levels in the year to November 2024, in another sign of the weakness in the country’s ...
New Zealand says inflation in the fourth quarter was at an annual rate of 2.2%, comfortably within the central bank’s target ...
Consumer prices rose 2.2% in 2024 as high interest rates slowed economic activity and falling import costs eased inflation ...
New Zealand’s December inflation data paves the way for another hefty rate cut in February, but economists expect the easing ...