Centrix's data shows that in April, the number of borrowers with mortgages exceeding $1 million rose 15% year-on-year. More ...

US labour data upbeat but sentiment downbeat; China harvests; EU inflation in spotlight; Australia gets first trade deficit ...

Lynda Moore says a pay rise with no intention attached to it is money with nowhere to go, and lifestyle creep will happily ...

Nicola Willis has given it her best shot, hugely assisted, it must be said, by the chorus of Pollyannas who now pass for ...

Brian Easton concludes the proposal to reduce the number of public servants is not well worked out, and if the Government is ...

Roger J Kerr sees a growing probability that the NZD will rise to 'well above 60 USc'. As oil prices fall away (in USD), the ...

Teresa Ghilarducci challenges the assumptions about rich and poor people that underlie opposition to wealth taxes ...

The IMF notes that as governments intervene more, evidence shows that the benefits are modest and depend on thoughtful design ...

Middle East backdrop remains tense and uncertain; oil prices trade a wide range on headlines; Brent crude back to US$95 after ...

This table outlines the New Zealand Government's planned tax collections for the 2026/27 budget year. Actual tax collected ...

Michael Strain argues that proposals for punitive taxes on the ultra-wealthy threaten to do far more harm than good ...

I spoke with Alexia Russell of RNZ for The Detail podcast about the project I've been working on with a group of ...