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Letters: Reserve Bank boss isn't to blame for NZ's economic woes

OPINION: 'Adrian Orr has been dealt a very bad hand.'

Heather du Plessis-Allan: The screeching U-turn that led to OCR cut

OPINION: The economy is stuffed. House prices are going backwards.

Put on your dancing shoes PM, the rock star economy is back for an encore

This week might have cemented a coalition victory at the election.

Food price data: Cost of eating out spikes but fruit, vegetables and meat still falling

New Selected Price Index offers insight into how inflation is tracking.

'Complete and utter 180 u-turn': Mortgage relief for home owners in surprise OCR cut

The major banks immediately moved to slash mortgage rates after the OCR cut.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis on the lower OCR

The Reserve Bank has cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.25%. It is the first cut since March 2020.

OCR explained: What can we expect?

It’s been called the "economists' super bowl", so will tomorrow’s OCR announcement and monetary policy statement deliver a touchdown, and what will it mean for you?

Small business confidence hits reverse gear, economic pressures drive burnout

Post-Covid optimism gives way to declining confidence.

NZ makes history and calls for tougher policies | Focus Morning Bulletin August 12

In today's headlines with Wilhelmina Shrimpton, NZ’s history-making Olympics, ChCh cathedral blow for businesses and Wellington’s slow economic recovery.

Letters: Why do we accept the unacceptable?

OPINION: A reader writes that people in power need to make changes.

Steve Maharey: No amount of harassment, punishment will conjure up a job

OPINION: Compulsory seminars are seldom helpful — they serve mainly to humiliate.

Crushing 4% rental yield gap largest in 15 years – but many investors undeterred

'Rents are nowhere near enough to cover the mortgage for a typical debt-backed purchase.'

Opinion: Rate cuts are coming, here's what investors should do

OPINION: The Reserve Bank would need to make a move soon, Mark Lister says.

‘Not faring well’: Small business sales slump to lowest level since first Covid lockdown

Small businesses feel the brunt of consumers watching their wallets.

Simon Wilson: The problem with the Government’s science and innovation policies

OPINION: Why does the Government care so little about innovation's economic potential?

David Lange: You cannot speak of NZ now without my involvement in what it has become

REPRISED: A one-on-one interview with the incomparable David Lange.

'Sell it before the bank does': The real reason more people are selling houses

A 50% leap in houses listed for sale may be partly due to home loan pressure.

Opinion: IT outage exposes vulnerabilities in global information ecosystem

OPINION: Modern technology incidents paralyse the world in new and interesting ways.