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Eric Crampton: ERIC CRAMPTON: Better border practices our best line of defence
Even with the best of practices at the border, eventually something will get through. And something now has.
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ASB lending growth slowed sharply in second half
ASB Bank's lending growth slowed dramatically in the second half of its financial year, but chief executive Vittoria Shortt said that's not because her bank is turning loans down. The bank's results for the year ended June show lending growth in the second half slowed to 1 per...
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Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Tracing tech still running to catch up
We should have gone back into our state of covid-19 lockdown with an effective digital contact tracing technology in place.
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UPDATE: RBNZ revs up the printing press, doesn't rule out negative rates
(Updates to add comment from RBNZ governor and assistant governor) The Reserve Bank kept the official cash rate at a record low 0.25 percent but expanded its large-scale asset purchase programme to $100 billion and reiterated that negative interest rates and foreign assets pu...
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