Term deposits
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; Auckland house sales sag, fewer houses built, loan arrears rise, other building consents soft too, swaps down, NZD slips, & more
4th Mar 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; Auckland house sales sag, fewer houses built, loan arrears rise, other building consents soft too, swaps down, NZD slips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; more retail rate cuts, terms of trade surges, house buyers market stronger, non-performing housing loans rise, good KiwiSaver returns, swaps soft, NZX50 soft, & more
3rd Mar 25, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; more retail rate cuts, terms of trade surges, house buyers market stronger, non-performing housing loans rise, good KiwiSaver returns, swaps soft, NZX50 soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; rate cut flurry runs out of steam, jobs & consumer sentiment stable but still negative, insurers get survey results they want (and paid for), swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
28th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; rate cut flurry runs out of steam, jobs & consumer sentiment stable but still negative, insurers get survey results they want (and paid for), swaps stable, NZD soft, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ & Kiwi Bond rates trimmed, business sentiment stays elevated, one in 6 disabled, bank profit problems, electricity market problems, swaps stable, NZD softish, & more
27th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; BNZ & Kiwi Bond rates trimmed, business sentiment stays elevated, one in 6 disabled, bank profit problems, electricity market problems, swaps stable, NZD softish, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; focus on test rates, PIEs get global attention, house build costs rise, S&P looking at local authority credit ratings, swaps stable again, NZD softish, & more
26th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; focus on test rates, PIEs get global attention, house build costs rise, S&P looking at local authority credit ratings, swaps stable again, NZD softish, & more
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; more retail rate cuts, fewer Auckland houses built, fears over winter power, NZX hurt by Ryman, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
25th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; more retail rate cuts, fewer Auckland houses built, fears over winter power, NZX hurt by Ryman, swaps stable, NZD stable, & more
More mortgage rate cuts by more banks shifts who has the lowest rates, as banks jockey for position in a very competitive marketplace because new loan growth is quite limited
25th Feb 25, 8:42am
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More mortgage rate cuts by more banks shifts who has the lowest rates, as banks jockey for position in a very competitive marketplace because new loan growth is quite limited
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many rate changes, all cuts, housing market sentiment firms, retail shows green shoots, NZX drops hard, swaps on hold, NZD little-changed, & more
24th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; many rate changes, all cuts, housing market sentiment firms, retail shows green shoots, NZX drops hard, swaps on hold, NZD little-changed, & more
[updated]
ASB matches the new lower ANZ two year mortgage rates, and launches a low one year fixed rate (although not as low as Kiwibank). Now Westpac has cut too
24th Feb 25, 8:46am
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ASB matches the new lower ANZ two year mortgage rates, and launches a low one year fixed rate (although not as low as Kiwibank). Now Westpac has cut too
We explore how the Deposit Compensation Scheme could allow savers to earn more term deposit interest by spreading investments among the covered institutions. The result: better than main bank returns
22nd Feb 25, 9:03am
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We explore how the Deposit Compensation Scheme could allow savers to earn more term deposit interest by spreading investments among the covered institutions. The result: better than main bank returns
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Kiwibank & Co-op cut rates, house buyer choice at decade high, Spark dumped, Fonterra bullish, exports shine, swaps on hold, NZD firms, & more
21st Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; Kiwibank & Co-op cut rates, house buyer choice at decade high, Spark dumped, Fonterra bullish, exports shine, swaps on hold, NZD firms, & more
Kiwibank has jumped to the head of the queue with its latest fixed home loan offers, targeting the most popular terms at the short end
21st Feb 25, 10:31am
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Kiwibank has jumped to the head of the queue with its latest fixed home loan offers, targeting the most popular terms at the short end
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday: more find it tough to afford housing, child poverty progress ends, hot NZGB tender, Kiwibank gets ready to fundraise, swaps stable, NZD firmish, & more
20th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday: more find it tough to afford housing, child poverty progress ends, hot NZGB tender, Kiwibank gets ready to fundraise, swaps stable, NZD firmish, & more
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; rush to drop floating rates, REINZ sees more sales at lower prices, farmers act like top dogs, PPI high, swaps stable, NZD lower, & more
19th Feb 25, 3:58pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; rush to drop floating rates, REINZ sees more sales at lower prices, farmers act like top dogs, PPI high, swaps stable, NZD lower, & more
The Red Bank pulls away from its sub 5% rate offer, but ANZ then jumped in with a 4.99% two year fixed carded offer
19th Feb 25, 3:07pm
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The Red Bank pulls away from its sub 5% rate offer, but ANZ then jumped in with a 4.99% two year fixed carded offer
[updated]
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; TSB launches a hot one year mortgage rate, population growth slows and ages, Heartland gets vehicle loan indigestion, swaps firm, NZD eases, & more
18th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; TSB launches a hot one year mortgage rate, population growth slows and ages, Heartland gets vehicle loan indigestion, swaps firm, NZD eases, & more
[updated]
TSB shines with a pre-RBNZ rate drop for fixed home loan rates, with their one year rate at a market leading level not seen since May 2023 from any other bank
18th Feb 25, 8:43am
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TSB shines with a pre-RBNZ rate drop for fixed home loan rates, with their one year rate at a market leading level not seen since May 2023 from any other bank
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TM Property listing load rises, services shift to expansion, migration flows slow, tourist arrivals speed up, a2 Milk has huge cash hoard, swaps and NZD stable, & more
17th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TM Property listing load rises, services shift to expansion, migration flows slow, tourist arrivals speed up, a2 Milk has huge cash hoard, swaps and NZD stable, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; SBS ends 5.35% TD special, rents flat, food prices surprise, PMI expands, NZX50 firm, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
14th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; SBS ends 5.35% TD special, rents flat, food prices surprise, PMI expands, NZX50 firm, swaps stable, NZD firm, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, FHB choose carefully, retail goes backwards, mortgage brokers squeal, inflation expectations tame, swaps stable, NZD slips, & more
13th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Thursday; no retail rate changes, FHB choose carefully, retail goes backwards, mortgage brokers squeal, inflation expectations tame, swaps stable, NZD slips, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; ASB cuts retail rates, ANZ cuts business rates, work visa surge, brighter truckometer, concrete pour low, corruption slide, swaps waver, NZD holds, & more
12th Feb 25, 4:00pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Wednesday; ASB cuts retail rates, ANZ cuts business rates, work visa surge, brighter truckometer, concrete pour low, corruption slide, swaps waver, NZD holds, & more
ASB cuts its fixed mortgage rates to market lows, and cuts term deposit rates even harder, in moves much larger than wholesale rate changes
12th Feb 25, 8:29am
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ASB cuts its fixed mortgage rates to market lows, and cuts term deposit rates even harder, in moves much larger than wholesale rate changes
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, QV sees intrigue in 2025 housing markets, Tower warns on climate risk, dairy payout has upside, swaps on hold, NZD eases, & more
11th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Tuesday; no retail rate changes, QV sees intrigue in 2025 housing markets, Tower warns on climate risk, dairy payout has upside, swaps on hold, NZD eases, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rate trimmings, and a rise, big bond issues launched, grocery inflation fades, swaps up, NZD stable, bitcoin fades further, & more
10th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Monday; TD rate trimmings, and a rise, big bond issues launched, grocery inflation fades, swaps up, NZD stable, bitcoin fades further, & more
A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; some minor retail rate moves, FHB affordability improves, fast track launched, Tower profits higher, swaps rise, NZD firms, oil low, & more
7th Feb 25, 3:59pm
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A review of things you need to know before you sign off on Friday; some minor retail rate moves, FHB affordability improves, fast track launched, Tower profits higher, swaps rise, NZD firms, oil low, & more