Imagine it would be if you had just struggled to save a 10 per cent deposit for your first home only to be told you now had only half the money you need, writes Liam Dann.

January was a great month for sharemarkets with the NZX 50 Gross Index gaining 4.6 per cent while the ASX200 Accumulation (gross) Index appreciated 5 per cent.

The idea that an overvalued exchange rate is the fault of the monetary policy framework has hardened into dogma, writes Brian Fallow.

Kiwi households have regained their appetite for debt, and it is getting rapidly more hearty, write Brian Fallow.

If there is a tendency for businesspeople's lips to curl at the very sight of their local council offices, writes Brian Fallow, the reaction may be unfair or at least misdirected.

The NZ tech sector is in a very good place...

It is not a binary question - will Pharmac survive or not? - but rather how might the rules it operates under change, writes Brian Fallow.

Key's positioning was smart politics given the upside for New Zealand when - not if - the TPP is concluded, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Reserve Bank eyes tools to help prevent booms and busts that devastate household and bank balance sheets.

David Shearer's vision is for a New Zealand known the world over for smart thinking and really smart businesses taking the world by storm, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Optimism and shock over dire jobs news no excuse for Govt inaction.

Looking at the US' fiscal numbers it is hard to escape the conclusion that the land of the free is also the land of the free-loader, writes Brian Fallow.

New Zealand is an attractive destination for foreigners who want to make their taxes disappear.

Any approach to lifting housing affordability has to be broader than boosting the responsiveness of the supply side of the construction market, writes Brian Fallow.

A shop's failure prompts decision to focus on online sales instead.

Avoiding or evading tax used to be socially acceptable, or at least not socially unacceptable. Bernard Hickey looks at how artful these dodgers can be.

Why is van der Heyden sticking around?

Just imagine if economic growth wasn't a natural thing. Bernard Hickey looks at the possibilities.

Former accountant chases success in sport and in his own business.

Heresy is, unfortunately, becoming common in central banking. The world's most important central banks are printing money like there's no tomorrow. Bernard Hickey looks into it.