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RBNZ fires up the printing press, kicks off QE

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Wage subsidies cost guesstimate blows out from $5b to $12b

Subsidies rolling out fast; some 75%+ of workers at home

By Rebecca Howard | Fri, 27 Mar 2020

The government had already paid around $1.5 billion under the wage subsidy scheme by Thursday and that number has likely already more than doubled as it represented less than half of already approved...

Landlords and home owners eligible for mortgage holiday

Essential services Chorus, King Salmon stick to earnings outlook

By Paul McBeth | Fri, 27 Mar 2020

Telecommunications network operator Chorus and fish farmer NZ King Salmon are sticking to their earnings forecasts, despite the national lockdown.Both companies are deemed essential services and have...