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Bollard lifts OCR, future hikes likely to be less
While increasing the OCR this morning, Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has indicated that future hikes won't be as aggressive as earlier tipped.
NZ dollar jumps to six-month high
The NZ dollar climbed to a six-month high as a surge in new home sales in the US stoked investors' appetite for higher-yielding, or riskier, assets.
<i>Bernard Hickey - </i> Reserve Bank should target the housing bubble
It's clear the economy has become dependent on the debt growth fuelled by the housing market's ever-increasing values.
<i>Dollar Outlook: </i> Kiwi may gain as rate decision looms
The New Zealand dollar may advance as traders eschew an out-of-favour greenback and seek growth assets Downunder this week.
OCR hike tipped for next week
The Reserve Bank is tipped to raise the Official Cash Rate next week, despite lower than expected economic growth.
EU lenders await 'stress test' bank results
Shares across Europe rose yesterday amid hopes that most of the continent's 91 top banks will pass EU-mandated 'stress tests'.
Kiwis will turn to credit if Bollard raises interest rates
Over a third of kiwi households will have to use credit to pay for otherwise unaffordable expenses if the Reserve Bank increases interest rates in the coming months, according to a new survey.
US equities advance on better earnings news
Stocks in the US advanced as better-than-anticipated earnings outweighed a decline in homebuilder confidence.
Solid US earnings fails to ease concerns
Solid earnings data from corporate America has done little to ease investors' concerns that growth in the world economy is slowing.
<i>Bernard Hickey</i>: Chilling levels of household debt finally dawns
NZers will look back on the winter of 2010 as the moment we finally realised the last decade of growth was a sham.