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Highest-ever immigration numbers recorded
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Steven Joyce: It’s time to cut back the growing bureaucratic blob
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Mark Lister: Will we see a post-election sharemarket rally?
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Matthew Hooton: National’s tax plan is a cynical con job
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BlackRock: Interest rates return to the ‘old normal’
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Liam Dann: Nats' tax plan looks like a vote-winner - but is it good for the economy?
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Warning over household debt, current account deficit as NZ maintains AA+ rating
Global credit rating agency Fitch has reaffirmed the country's AA+ rating.
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IMF publishes its verdict on the Reserve Bank's controversial LSAP programme.
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