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Market soars and economists upgrade outlook on move to level 1

Share markets soared and economists revised their forecasts as optimism took hold today.

What crisis? NZ stockmarket soars, now close to where it started the year

What crisis? Investors have decided to look through all the chaos of 2020

'Let's capitalise on brand Jacinda and our Covid-free status': Think tank

Govt needs to drop its 'fortress New Zealand', argues business leader Roger Partridge.

Mary Holm: Into the upside-down world of negative interest rates

Could people be paying banks to hold their money, and banks paying people with mortgages?

Liam Dann: Clever Government formula keeps Kiwis looking forward

Positive progress through alert levels has boosted economic confidence too, but what next?

David Skilling: First the Covid-19 fight, now for the economic battle

Success in fighting Covid-19 does not mean success in the economic battle ahead.

Mary Holm: Escaping Auckland? Making rural life work

Rural paradise is hard to achieve, but there are options for a couple leaving Auckland.

Market Watch: Shares soar through political turmoil

Share investors continue to view the world's recovery more optimistically than most.

Rent relief through 'implied clause'

Government will insert a clause into commercial leases in a bid to spur rent concessions.

Liam Dann: Muller finds his focus with small business policy

A tight focus on small business and employment helped new National leader back on track.

Reserve Bank predicts largest GDP fall in 160 years

The economy has suffered a deep shock due to coronavirus.

'Second wave' of job losses coming - here are 14,000 already gone

With cuts affecting low paid workers, the next wave will creep 'higher up the food chain'

The pandemic papers: The inside story of how NZ faced down Great Depression 2.0

Grant Robertson talks of struggling against the biggest economic calamity in a generation.

Editorial: Debt remains a threat to economic recovery

We say: The Reserve Bank has reassured on financial stability but some big risks remain.

Almost 90 jobs go from licensing trust

ILT said they're unable to retain its full quota of staff because of Covid-19.

Redundancies pitting workers against each other

One hotel has offered half of its remaining jobs to work visa holders.

Comment | Only domestic investment can raise our economic fortunes

Comment: 'Rich-nation status or quaint economic backwater. Its our choice.'

Job security slumps as new survey maps financial confidence

A new survey shows that Covid-19 delivered an unprecedented hit to financial resilience.