The debate about the financial merits of assets sales is a good one, and based purely on the numbers the benefits are marginal, writes Liam Dann.

The higher the exchange rate is, the lower interest rates can be, writes Brian Fallow. Asset price inflation, in the Auckland housing market at any rate, is alive and well.

John Key and Bill English have been on tenterhooks waiting for the Supreme Court judgment on the Mighty River sales process, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

I'm starting to feel guilty about this long decadent Auckland summer. It could just be my grandmother's Presbyterian streak kicking it.

One of the highlights of this job each year is reviewing the latest iteration of the Global Investment Returns Yearbook...

Economic modelling based on ethanol, which has its limitations as a fuel, may underestimate the potential yields and value added, writes Brian Fallow.

The New Zealand dollar has hit 76 on the Reserve Bank's trade-weighted index, its highest level since at least 1990, writes Brian Fallow.

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.

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

The powerful US Chamber of Commerce has made it clear that the TPP deal is important to America's future success and job creation, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Pair find niche in high-tech marine and residential automation jobs.

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.