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Finance Minister eyes up the major banks for a tax increase; and “Who pays?” a major report on climate adaptation ducks a key ...
Inland Revenue’s long-term insight briefing says there are ‘many reasons’ to consider lifting GST to 18% to pay for an ageing ...
An aging population may put downward pressure on neutral interest rates and increase the risk that central banks will have to ...
Five-year average cost of natural disasters in NZ $952 million, pace of growth for insurance premiums slows as sector enters 'softening' phase - Forsyth Barr ...
New Zealand's services sector contracts for fifth consecutive month - has seen only one month of 'minimal' expansion in the ...
US tariffs still in flux, costs start to mount; USD depreciates, credit quality turns down; Canada data positive; China faces ...
Document on climate adaptation framework 'quite silent' over where costs will fall, Local Government New Zealand says ...
Trump issues more tariff threats, raising Canada to 35% and suggesting a 15 or 20% tariff rate to apply to remaining countries. Risk sentiment to remain dampened by Trump's weekend threat to lift EU a ...
Global equity markets probing fresh record highs. US Treasury yields slightly higher. High risk sentiment supports commodity ...
It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 to 30 years, solar panels wear out. Over the ...
James K. Galbraith asks whether US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is right to urge the Federal Reserve to lower interest ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared French company Lactalis to buy Fonterra's up-for-sale consumer ...