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BNZ ekes out gains in market share as 1H deposits and loans lift
The cost-to-income ratio was 36.2% versus 32.5% in the same period a year earlier.
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Business voices fear fallout from environmental rollbacks
Conversations about decreasing environmental protections could have consequences for NZ.
Weaker than expected jobs data won't move the rate cut dial
The March quarter jobs data was gloomier than expected.
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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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