Stats due Thursday are expected to show "whopping" levels of economic growth. Is our rock star economy on the comeback trail? Liam Dann reports.

COMMENT: It's hard to know how to react to the news Auckland's average house value rose over $1 million in August.

COMMENT: Applicants are expected to provide physical evidence of their financial hardship.

COMMENT: Exclusion and engagement two ways to ensure holdings reflect values.

COMMENT: Gotcha. Gotcha. Gotcha. Whenever we open our wallets these days there's always a gotcha.

COMMENT: Even index funds offer schemes that screen out the bad guys.

COMMENT: Aussies don't muck about when it comes to probing the cause of high-profile collapses - neither should we.

COMMENT: The problem is the US constitution and its separation of powers.

COMMENT: Film Commission chief Dave Gibson is half-way through what he has insisted was a single five-year term.

COMMENT: Five takeaways from the two-day G20 summit from Theresa May's modesty to Jack Ma's chutzpah.

COMMENT: Huge number of hacks mean your supposedly secure credentials are easy for anyone to find - and use.

COMMENT: Economists are tipping new data will show strong growth next week, so why is the commentary so grim?

COMMENT: Don't let this week go by without hanging some targets for the short and long terms.

COMMENT: For months, Liberal Party figures have been at loggerheads with the country's main business lobby group, the Business Council of Australia.

COMMENT: It's Money Week - time to face the fear and think about retirement.

COMMENT: John Key and Nick Smith have in recent weeks taken to trumpeting Auckland's current building boom as the biggest in New Zealand history.

COMMENT: There are a couple of issues here. One is your best move financially. The other is the "system".

COMMENT: Fees focus misses point, and legality of exposure to arms is very complex.

COMMENT: The old days of rising incomes have become just a memory for many, new study shows.

Simon O'Connor says consumers may not engage deeply with their KiwiSaver providers, but they expect that their KiwiSaver fund is being managed in a way that avoids doing harm.

There's a lot riding on Fonterra's financial results due out on September 22.

COMMENT: Can the experience that a retail investor has with the finance sector reasonably be described as having their interests put first?

Find a marketing or sales strategy that is already working well and then put it into action in your own business.

COMMENT: Vodafone's working hard to avoid being in a "dumb pipe" situation, writes Juha Saarinen.

COMMENT: Central banks can't pick markets any more than they can pick pop hits, Liam Dann writes.

COMMENT: Next week sees the return of Money Week, which runs 5-11 September. How well can you see your future?

COMMENT: Alternative measures can be useful but accounting standards are key for investors to understand performance.

COMMENT: Which politicians will be brave and honest enough to propose taxes to stop land banking?

COMMENT: Janet Yellen defended the value and effectiveness of the current US monetary policy regime.

COMMENT: KiwiSaver may be the best option if you need help in resisting temptation.