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Jobs data unlikely to ruffle RBNZ's feathers
Wage growth hit a 10-year high in the September quarter, but it won’t offer much relief to the Reserve Bank as it was all down to pay settlements.Public and private sector wage inflation - as measured by the labour cost index - rose a quarterly 0.8 percent and an annual 2.4 perce...
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Policy
RCEP deal well received; India's absence disappoints
News that 15 of 16 nations managed to agree to the 20-chapter Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal has been well received although India’s absence is disappointing.“It is regrettable negotiating partners were unable to conclude an acceptable market access outcom...
Primary Sector
China tariff cuts a 'foot in the door' for NZ paper, packaging
A phased tariff reduction for a range of paper and packaging products is an extra “foot in the door” into the Chinese market for those products, the country’s wood processors say.An upgrade to New Zealand’s free-trade agreement with China yesterday secured a wind-down in tariffs...
Opinion
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Pattrick Smellie: OPINION: The China-NZ FTA upgrade - why now?
Over Labour weekend, a Chinese naval vessel sailed through Cook Strait and spent the weekend tied up in Wellington harbour.Last week, the government issued a new defence policy paper that - unlike a similar document last year - was shorn of overt references to China's aggressive...
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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