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Unemployment rate holds steady at 3.4%
The unemployment rate is slightly lower than the 3.5% forecast by the RBNZ.
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Policy
Reserve Bank says NZ house prices still overvalued
In the near term, prices may continue to soften given the level of interest rates and several other factors.
Energy
Use gas, not coal at Huntly, says new study
NZ needs new gas-fired power stations to back up renewable electricity.
Policy
More pain to come but banking system is resilient
The central bank expects more borrowers to fall behind on their payments.
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Pattrick Smellie
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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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