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Rising petrol price brings pain at pump and new headache in inflation fight
Oil prices are on the rise again, putting more pressure on consumers.
Inflation bites into second-quarter sales for Restaurant Brands
Restaurant Brands is bracing itself for a 'disappointing' full-year net profit.
Liam Dann: Fiscal holy guacamole! Just how bad are the Crown accounts?
OPINION: There's no question a slower economy means less tax.
Editorial: Soft landing? Economy likely to leave voters hanging in October
OPINION: Our editorial looks at longer term challenges as the economy rebalances.
Craft breweries: Alcohol excise hikes ‘a slap in the face’
Independent craft breweries around the country say excise hikes are squeezing businesses.
How many is too many non-academic staff at universities?
OPINION: Stanford has more administrators than undergrads. In NZ, results may surprise.
'Past its peak': The significant shift in job market numbers
New data matches feedback from businesses as more people look for work.
Market Watch: Why high interest rates aren’t crashing the economy ... yet
Economies here and around the world continue to defy central bank efforts
‘Pretty grim’: Rising unemployment could see 50,000 lose their jobs by 2025
The unemployment rate is set to rise in the coming months.
Removing GST from fruit & vegetables: How much would households save?
Herald analysis shows wealthier households would have much more to gain.
Business defaults rise but homeowners winning battle with rising interest rates
Mortgage arrears fell in June despite higher interest rates.
‘Intensely inflationary levels’ still at work in NZ
We're likely to start seeing unemployment creep up, economists say.
Election 2023: Fran O’Sullivan: Business looking for vote of confidence on election day
OPINION: There is a great deal of pre-election reckoning happening right now.
EY staff report bullying, harassment and racism in workplace review
Māori staff more likely to experience racism than any other group at EY Oceania.
Nation of Debt: Govt’s seismic borrowing is coming at a huge cost
Government's interest costs match law and order expenditure.
'Not So Orr-Some': Brewery markets beer poking fun at Reserve Bank Governor
Behemoth Brewery makes monetary policy mainstream.
Reserve Bank should be empowered to change fuel tax rates, former governor argues
Former Reserve Bank governor suggests hiking fuel taxes to cool inflation.
Nation of Debt: On average every Kiwi now owes $151,000
And how worried should we be about it?
Editorial: Are we talking ourselves into a Vibecession?
We may be out of a recession but everything still feels gloomy.
'I'm not holding my breath': The bad news for shoppers waiting for food prices to fall
The inflation level dropped off, but it still remains too high for comfort.
'Pretty impossible': Couple struggling with rising living costs head to Australia for better life
'Over there the job is better paying, we can have a better work-life balance.'
Uber ups ante on contractor v employee debate
Platform calls for Govt to act before the courts do.
Inflation wars: How NZ stacks up around the world
Today's big inflation number will highlight NZ's job battling a worldwide adversary.
Inflation tumbles to 6pc - but rising food prices remain biggest problem
Inflation down, by almost as much as economists expected.
The 'dead zone': The worst time of day for meetings revealed
Academic says some bosses are deluded.
Richard Prebble: Three strikes and Labour is out - another scandal will be fatal
OPINION: Luxon does not need to win the debates, just state the case for change.
Is inflation finally easing? Here’s what economists are picking
New Consumer Price Index data is due Wednesday and with it hope inflation is falling.
China’s economy is slowing but no need for Kiwi exporters to panic
Even as China's GDP growth falls the economy still grows by more US$1 trillion a year.
Liam Dann: Ugly economic data adds to Labour’s week of woes
Opinion: Last week was a bad one for the Government.
Mark Lister: The recession that wasn’t
OPINION: It takes more than a basic two quarters of contraction to constitute a recession.
Buy now, pay later: Solo mum buying meat and groceries so kids don't miss out
9 Kiwi shoppers reveal the pluses and pitfalls of Buy Now Pay Later
Govt refrains from making grocery giants sell supermarkets - for now
Cabinet to keep work on supermarket divestment 'in reserve'.
Wellington chippy insolvent, blames Covid and Parliament protest
The fish and chip venue received $30,000 in funding following the anti-mandate protest.