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China warming to TPP, bi-partisan NZ approach vital, says Groser
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand risks an error of historic proportions if opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership sees the country left out of a trade deal that will almost certainly encompass China in due course, Trade Minister Tim Groser has told...

Accelerating inflation firms up 2014 rate hike expectations
By Paul McBeth Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) - Accelerating New Zealand inflation is firming expectations for an early rate hike next year, with consumer prices rising at the fastest quarterly pace and ended a year-long period where the annual pace was slower than the Reserve Bank’s t...

Reserve Bank’s LVR policy ‘will make very little difference’, ANZ’s Judge says
By Jonathan Underhill Oct. 16 (BusinessDesk) – The Reserve Bank’s restrictions on low-deposit home loans won’t have much impact in alleviating pressures in a housing market driven by a shortage of land and high local authority compliance costs, says ANZ New Zealand chairman John...