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The flying kiwi: Why the NZ dollar keeps going up

The New Zealand dollar keeps breaking higher, despite Covid-19.

China remains open to the world, but it wants to dictate terms

New York Times: It's globalisation - with communist characteristics.

Economy boom in the North with people 'spending like crazy'

Economic boom times for Northland in a Covid-19 bounceback.

Trump's scorched-earth economic move causes outrage in Washington

Trump has stripped the US Fed of emergency credit powers.

Liam Dann: What Guns N' Roses can tell us about the end of the pandemic

Vaccine news hasn't prompted the celebrations it might have but GNR are ready to party.

'Courageous' investment means innovation stays in NZ

What might benefit NZ is if innovations stayed here and more risks were taken locally.

Brian Fallow: Help the kids, hit the landlords

It makes no sense that property investors can deduct all their interest costs.

US factory bosses 'bet on number of employees who would get Covid'

Covid-19 tore through the Iowa plant, infecting 1000 of 2800 workers.

Economic report: Cities feel Covid pain - which regions are doing best?

Infometrics Quarterly Economic Monitor highlights post-Covid winners and losers.

Will NZ's OCR go negative in 2021?

The market is now not so sure that the official cash rate will go negative next year.

LVR surprise could spur investor buy-up, warns property expert

The Reserve Bank is set to consult on bringing back the restrictions.

Reserve Bank 'caught off guard' by house prices: economist

The RBNZ's conundrum proves low interest rates are fuelling housing boom, economist says.

Jarden Brief: The biggest winners after a celebratory day on the markets

Jarden's daily update on the latest market moves and shakes.

Toni Truslove: Influx of skilled Kiwis a huge opportunity

New Zealand has dealt with an ongoing "brain drain" for decades. Covid is changing that.

Liam Dann: What went wrong? Why is the economy doing so well?

We don't run inquests into why things have gone better than expected, but we should.

'The Govt doesn't care': Food waste for grower who can't get pickers

It's picking season and those growing fruit and vegetables can't get the staff.

Did Trump create 'greatest economy' ever? Numbers tell true story

A collection of graphs show the true impact of Trump on the US economy.

Win or lose, economic Trumpism is here to stay

Trump might lose the election, but his economic legacy will linger.