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RBNZ revs up the printing press, doesn't rule out negative rates
The Reserve Bank kept the official cash rate at a record low 0.25 percent but expanded its large-scale asset purchase programme to $100 billion and reiterated that negative interest rates and foreign assets purchases are still on the table. "Reflecting a possible need for fur...
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NZ back in covid lockdown - Auckland at level 3
New Zealand is back in covid-19 lockdown with its largest city, Auckland, back at alert level 3 for three days from noon Wednesday.The rest of NZ will go back to level 2 social distancing after four new cases of covid-19 were discovered outside managed isolation and quarantine fa...
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ELECTION 2020: Aggressive decarbonisation needed now - Greens
Climate policy in the next government will focus on tangible ways to cut emissions, Green Party co-leader James Shaw says.
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Contact well-positioned for looming gas market disruption
Contact Energy said it is well-positioned to manage its generation fleet through the gas market disruption coming from the closure of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. But executives said there needs to be wider discussion across the country about the implications of that for...
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