Thomas Coughlan, Deputy Political Editor at the Herald, loves applying a political lens to people's stories and explaining the way things like transport and finance to ...

SYDNEY, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars hovered near two-month highs on Friday as worries about a global trade war abated a little, while Australia's central bank sounded a ...

High-frequency data is consistent with the central bank's view that New Zealand's economy bottomed out in the middle of 2024 ...

Her Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds said. “The reduction in OCR is a direct response to the economic downturn caused by the Luxon government’s decisions. The economy is weak thanks to the ...

Private markets are becoming a bigger part of the global economy, and investors want a piece of the pie.

Adrian Orr, governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, says tariffs will reduce global potential economic growth and lead ...

The RBNZ forecasts further cuts will be delivered this year, but in smaller moves, not the blockbuster 50-basis-point cuts ...

The RBNZ cut rates by 50bp to 3.75% this week, the third consecutive 50bp move, as was unanimously expected. This brings cumulative easing this cycle to 175bp. It appears that the MPC is prepared to ...

Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Adrian Orr said on Thursday that New Zealand was now in an environment of low and stable ...

Safe-haven currencies led by the U.S. dollar and yen gained on Wednesday, as market jitters escalated amid the latest round ...

As such, the central bank has kept its key short-term interest rate at a target range of 4.25% to 4.5% since December. The FOMC lowered rates by a half of a percentage point in September-its first cut ...

The US warned that the next phase of the tariff war could be announced in early April and three industries, auto, pharma, and ...