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'Never say never' but Robertson not keen on direct money-printing
Finance Minister Grant Robertson is not ruling out ever having the Reserve Bank create money by buying bonds straight from the government but says doing so now is unnecessary and would send the wrong signals to the financial markets. "We don't see the need for that," he said i...
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Economy
No early chance for international education to resume - Robertson
Hopes of some education providers that foreign students could start arriving within weeks using existing quarantine facilities are looking increasingly unlikely.
Finance
Banks have lent only $23m of the govt's $6.25b business lending scheme
New figures from the New Zealand Bankers' Association show why Finance Minister Grant Robertson has appeared frustrated about the lack of lending under the government's $6.25 billion business finance guarantee scheme. NZBA said only 174 loans worth a total of $23 million have...
Coronavirus
NZ top 25 continue to mix funding sources
The top 25 companies on the NZX continue to dominate alternative funding, with the next tier of 25 listed companies relying on banks as their primary source of debt, according to Chapman Tripp’s latest funding composition survey. Of the top 25 companies by pre-covid market cap...
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