Australia leads a global rise in services PMIs; China improves; Trudeau resigns; German inflation rises; eyes on China ...

Without taxpayer subsidies, the new car market twisted while it shrank, but buyers gravitated to petrol hybrids rather than ...

We look at some basic building blocks of our interest rate settings, the foundation on which the 2025 changes will play out ...

Nouriel Roubini considers what the US president-elect's promised policy agenda will mean for growth, and inflation ...

Global factory PMIs turn down; global freight rates twisted by tariff reactions; China slips but signals new support; UST ...

The global economy is very large. The New Zealand economy is very small. This is one way to view our relative place in the economic world ...

Kenneth Rogoff worries about the incoming US administration's plans to weaken the American central bank's independence ...

New Zealand’s current account deficit, now running at $27 bln per annum, is increasingly dominated by interest on historical ...

Commodity prices show weakness; China extends support, promises more; US still worried about inflation; heat & bushfires ...

Ross Stitt reports Australia enters 2025 in 'reasonable economic shape', but facing a world that 2024 shaped with uniquely ...

With all mortgages looking like a commodity, little different between institutions, banks are finding it difficult to win new ...

Lynda Moore says if you spent a bit more than you planned this holiday season, don't panic. There are ways to get on top of the overspending - and make yourself feel good about how you recover ...