Retailers are expecting a bumper end to 2011, according to the latest survey of business opinion. Photo / Herald on Sunday
The building industry is bouncing back for the first time in three years, driven only by the Canterbury rebuild, and
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
'One crutch' recovery relies on Canterbury: NZIER
The building industry is bouncing back for the first time in three years, driven only by the Canterbury rebuild, and
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
'Significant risk' in retail deposit scheme
Photo / Martin Sykes
Treasury did not work hard enough to protect taxpayers from risks inherent in the Retail Deposit Guarantee and did nothing as some finance companies increased their borrowings by almost 1000 per cent under the scheme, the
Economic forecast has Tories walking fine line
Britain's Chancellor George Osborne. Photo / AP
Ministers have a real dilemma over how to respond to the dark economic clouds hanging over the Conservative Party conference.
Too much emphasis on what Winston Churchill called the "sunlit uplands" and the Tories
Finance chiefs ready to give Greece $14b to pay bills
Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker. Photo / AP
The eurozone's finance chiefs indicated yesterday that Greece will get a loan instalment it needs to keep paying its bills, even after Athens admitted it would not be able to cut its budget
Credit agency happier with Air NZ
Air New Zealand is expecting a $30 million windfall from the Rugby World Cup, down from $40 million because of the cancellation of games in Christchurch. Photo / Dean Purcell
Business risks to Air New Zealand from natural disasters here
Confidence drops but it could be worse
NZIER principal economist Shamubeel Eaqub. File photo / Brett Phibbs
"Flat but resilient" is the picture of the economy emerging from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research's latest Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion, its principal economist, Shamubeel Eaqub, says.
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Broadsides: State of the economy
Labour MP Jacinda Ardern and National MP Nikki Kaye.
Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Nikki Kaye on New Zealand's economic situation.
JACINDA ARDERN
You can be forgiven if you missed the latest judgement on the state of New Zealand's economy