Editorial: It is all too possible that markets believe the US Fed would welcome a period of inflation to reduce government debts built up by the fiscal stimulus.

NZ commodity prices rose for a second month in September, in the strongest monthly gain in a year and a half.

Wasteful and cruel shark-finning is prohibited in many countries, but NZ allows it - with provisions, writes Alexander Gillespie.

Fonterra said its net profit fell by 19 per cent to $624 million in the 2011-12 year to July 31.

A Putaruru school serving up compulsory breakfasts and hot lunches for just $1 a meal says the benefits are showing in students' dental records.

Household power bills have risen by up to $316 this year, and lines companies and retailers are blaming each other for the increases.

A quarter of primary and intermediate pupils in poorer Waikato areas go to school hungry, researchers have found.

Monetary policy is always contentious when the dollar is high, and at the moment it is very high.

The bill pushing ahead with the Government's second wave of welfare reforms passed its first reading in Parliament today.

Legislation introducing an "investment approach'' to welfare has been signed off by the Cabinet and will go before a select committee after its first reading in Parliament.

The Herald continues its series looking at our changing National identity. Today, those aged 20 - 39, the children of Rogernomics.

What are the benefits, if any? And is it inevitable? Two views from opposite sides of the argument from Agram chief executive Graeme Peters and university researcher Professor Jack Heinemann.

Peter Lyons details his list of some of the most fascinating and unique features of the political and economic environment.

Business is tough in a global recession but there is still money to be made in New Zealand – and the lifestyle’s not bad either.