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Renewed calls for focus on bank profits
National, the Greens and even the banking industry want an inquiry.
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Primary Sector
Sale and leaseback plan on table as Mainland Poultry’s losses mount
Rising egg production costs have hit New Zealand's largest egg supplier hard.
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Whole communities could become unviable – BusinessNZ
The introduction of agricultural emissions pricing may cost at least 50,000 jobs.
Policy
Don't expect rate cuts any time soon
This week's jobs data will keep the Reserve Bank on track to hike again this month.
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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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