Opinion
Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Policy
Pattrick Smellie: OPINION: A strange bedfellow and a tenuous lifeline at Ratana for Bridges
National Party leader Simon Bridges was thrown an unlikely, admittedly tenuous, lifeline at today's annual political pilgrimage to the seat of the Ratana church, a traditional Labour Party bastion.That lifeline came in the form of an unexpected endorsement by the Green Party's Ja...
Economy
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Rebecca Howard: OPINION: Memo to RBNZ - interest rates are low enough
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has said it will cut the official cash rate again if necessary. It’s not.The central bank has two main jobs on the monetary policy front: to support maximum sustainable employment and keep annual consumer price inflation between 1-3 percent over th...
Property
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Cliff Cook – NZ Businessman of the Decade
Cook guaranteed $12.5 million of A2 Milk bank loans and took up a 71 percent equity raising shortfall when the milk company was on the brink of collapseCliff Cook is nominated by this column as New Zealand businessman of the decade for two main reasons.He floated Metlifecare, the...
Economy
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: The 2020s – Expect lower investment returns
The past decade has been a fantastic period for New Zealanders, as demonstrated by this table.NZ WealthThe 10 years ended Dec. 31 compares very favourably with the country’s strong performance in the previous two decades, particularly as far as residential property values and hou...
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