Coronavirus fears ease, may lift domestic market
Economy

Coronavirus fears ease, may lift domestic market

Markets are likely to be buoyed by optimism the coronavirus may be contained while the kiwi dollar also remains supported after the central bank moved to a hiking bias.US and European markets lifted after China reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in two weeks, bol...

Rebecca Howard 13 Feb 2020
UPDATE: RBNZ rate-cut off the cards; coronavirus impact short
Economy

UPDATE: RBNZ rate-cut off the cards; coronavirus impact short

The Reserve Bank kept the official cash rate at 1 percent as widely expected but stripped out any chance of another cut and said it expects the impact of the coronavirus to be relatively short lived.The New Zealand dollar jumped after the statement and recently traded at 64.62 US...

Rebecca Howard 12 Feb 2020
RBNZ rate-cut off the cards; coronavirus impact short
Economy

RBNZ rate-cut off the cards; coronavirus impact short

The Reserve Bank kept the official cash rate at 1 percent as widely expected, but stripped out any chance of another cut and said it expects the impact of the coronavirus to be relatively short lived.The New Zealand dollar jumped after the statement and recently traded at 64.45 U...

Rebecca Howard 12 Feb 2020
Coronavirus will loom over May 14 budget
Economy

Coronavirus will loom over May 14 budget

Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced this year's budget will be on May 14, with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak too hard to assess for him to rule out the potential for it to cause a recession.  The precise impact will depend on the duration of the outbreak and i...

Rebecca Howard 12 Feb 2020