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📢 Assistant Governor Karen Silk on what the RBNZ will be watching before its next OCR review and what new Governor Anna Breman will bring
What RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee members will be watching over summer
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November 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; many floating rate reductions, retail rises, business confidence up, dairy productivity up, KiwiSaver balances up modestly, swaps up again, NZD up again, & more
What happened today
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November 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
NZ Govt Bond tender number 972 results
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November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Kathmandu, Tower, Vector, and Ryman post gains while Scales, Tourism Holdings, The NZX and Serko all slip
Daily NZX update, Thursday, November 27, 2025
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November 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
📢 ANZ chief economist says the improvement in sentiment 'is rooted in an improvement in experienced activity, not just hope'
Business confidence at highest level in 11 years, according to ANZ Business Outlook
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November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
📢 Stats NZ reports a $472 million inflation-adjusted, seasonally-adjusted increase in volume of retail sales in September quarter with the increase dominated by rises in electronic goods and motor vehicle sales
Retail sales volumes lifted 1.9% in September quarter, according to Statistics NZ
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November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
📢 After a year of 'wide-ranging change,' Reserve Bank names Rodger Finlay as ongoing Chairman, adds Rhiannon McKinnon to board
RBNZ confirms Rodger Finlay as Chairman, adds a new board member
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
📢 ‘Looks like the last’: While the Reserve Bank has left the door open for further OCR easing, economists say it’s not as wide as many would have expected
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
‘Door for further easing barely open’: Some economists say the OCR is now on hold
https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/136343/‘looks-last’-while-reserve-bank-has-left-door-open-further-ocr-easing-economists-say
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
📢 ‘Looks like the last’: While the Reserve Bank has left the door open for further OCR easing, economists say it’s not as wide as many would have expected
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
📢 Upbeat investor risk sentiment brings solid gains for global equity markets. UK widely anticipated Autumn Budget released. A marginally hawkish tone from the RBNZ pushed NZ rates and the NZ dollar sharply higher
The NZD rises as RBNZ easing appears ended
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November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
📢 Pre-holiday data releases flood US markets, a mixed set; Singapore factories very busy; Hong Kong tragedy; Aussie inflation jumps unexpectedly; UST 10yr at 4.00%; gold up and oil firms; NZ$1 = 56.9 USc; TWI-5 = 61.6
Breakfast briefing: Local rates and currencies get a reset
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November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
📢 Eleventh hour attempt by business groups to convince government not to ban surcharging, suggest capping them instead
Business lobby groups propose 'fair, workable solution' to government's planned surcharge ban
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November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📢 Reserve Bank Governor says the bank wants to be in the position next year where monetary policy is off the front pages. 'Let everything else drive the economy and we can sit in the back seat'
Reserve Bank - it's back to being 'boring' for us
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November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
📢 A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; RBNZ cuts as expected, few changes so far, Westpac cuts dairy payout forecast, FHP delivers strong result, Aussie CPI jumps, swaps up, NZD jumps, & more
What happened today
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November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
📢 Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Channel Infrastructure and Gentrack surge; F&P Healthcare and Vista Group also rise but Kathmandu, Briscoes, Summerset and Tourism Holdings ease
Daily NZX update, Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
📢 Live-stream of the November 2025 RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement press conference with Governor Christian Hawkesby
Live: RBNZ press conference
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November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
📢 Cuts to savings account interest rates have started with one bank cutting less than the OCR reduction
Tracking the changes to savings accounts after the OCR rate cut, including the Notice Savers
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November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
📢 Future moves in the OCR will depend on how the outlook for medium-term inflation and the economy evolve, the Reserve Bank says
Reserve Bank cuts OCR to 2.25% from 2.50% in final review of the year
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November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Tracking the mortgage rate changes following the latest OCR cut
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November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
📢 Rob Reynish asks readers to look behind the political labels to what science can do to keep our food industries from falling behind, maybe even recapture some scientific leadership
Is it gene technology or 'genetic engineering' or precision breeding?
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November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
📢 Jennifer Lind shows how China defied expectations and became a global technological powerhouse
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How China achieved innovation without freedom
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November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
📢 Jennifer Lind shows how China defied expectations and became a global technological powerhouse
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📢 Rabobank reviews the future for food producers in the face of changed lifestyle eating patterns, as appetite suppression and altered taste perception medications gain broad adoption
'Every bite counts' – GLP-1 weight loss medicines and the future of food
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November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
📢 The practice of aggregating large numbers of sheep and lifting the price for meat processors could dog Alliance's new owners
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Concerns over the influence of third party suppliers on Alliance Group
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
📢 The practice of aggregating large numbers of sheep and lifting the price for meat processors could dog Alliance's new owners
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
📢 The IMF shows gains from industrial policy actions in targeted sectors, and overall, are not guaranteed and depend on careful policy design and implementation
Industrial Policy can lift productivity, but comes with risks and trade-offs
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November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
📢 US data released were soft and there was a report that Trump is most likely to select the most dovish candidate, Hassett, as the next Fed chair. The USD is broadly weaker and the 10-year rate has slipped below 4%
The NZD has pushed higher but only against the USD
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November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
📢 US data droops as their consumer mood turns negative; Korean mood brightens; Taiwan follows suit; dairy prices fall again; UST 10yr at 3.99%; gold up and oil lower; NZ$1 = 56.1 USc; TWI-5 = 60.8
Breakfast briefing: American consumer confidence fades and retail sales growth cools
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November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM