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PM-elect Chris Hipkins says in first news conference he wants to ditch unnecessary spending and doesn't want to do anything to lower house prices (www.interest.co.nz)

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The next round of floating mortgage rate increases start, taking rates close to 8% for the first time since 2008 (www.interest.co.nz)

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NZ dollar drops four places to world's 14th most traded currency after 12 years in 10th place (www.interest.co.nz)

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It's another HOT one - annual inflation falls only slightly to 7.2% (www.interest.co.nz)

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Reserve Bank makes it five-from-five for 50 point Official Cash Rate hikes (www.interest.co.nz)

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Kiwi dollar viewed as 22% overvalued based on NZ's current account deficit (www.interest.co.nz)

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ANZ increases mortgage test rate to 7.15% (www.interest.co.nz)

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Treasury puts $5 billion price tag on Reserve Bank's QE programme (www.interest.co.nz)

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Average dwelling value in New Zealand hit a new record of $1,028,097 in January (www.interest.co.nz)

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ANZ says house prices likely to fall by 7% this year, more than double its previous forecast of a 3% dip (www.interest.co.nz)

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Christopher Luxon, an MP only since last year, becomes National Party Leader with Nicola Willis the new Deputy Leader (www.interest.co.nz)

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Auckland's population falls for the first time since records began (www.interest.co.nz)

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On Wednesday, the Government lost control of the Emissions Trading System to speculators (www.interest.co.nz)

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Level 4 lockdown extended to 11:59pm Tuesday, after which time all of New Zealand south of Auckland will move to Level 3 (www.interest.co.nz)

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Another 41 community Covid-19 cases reported taking the total to 148 with 58, the biggest sub-cluster, associated with the Mangere Assembly of God church (www.interest.co.nz)

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Net migration gain of just 5743 in year to May, down from 87,473 in the previous 12 months (www.interest.co.nz)

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Fitch sees NZ economy growing 5.5% this year (www.interest.co.nz)

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Reserve Bank leaves monetary policy settings unchanged now, but has reintroduced forward interest rate forecasts that suggest a first rise of the Official Cash Rate in the second half of 2022; Kiwi dollar jumps (www.interest.co.nz)

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Government takes feedback on board and doubles coverage of proposed deposit insurance scheme to $100k per depositor, per institution (www.interest.co.nz)

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NZ dollar falls as Adrian Orr says the Monetary Policy Committee is 'only focused' on its inflation and employment targets (www.interest.co.nz)

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Robertson to require the RBNZ to consider house prices when setting monetary policy and through the way it regulates banks; Seeks more info on DTIs and interest only mortgages (www.interest.co.nz)

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In its latest Monetary Policy Statement the Reserve Bank is forecasting a house price inflation peak of 22.4% in June this year before falling to 10.2% by the end of the year (www.interest.co.nz)

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Will the GameStop saga change the way markets operate? NZ's financial markets watchdog thinks it could; Traders and market watchers consider where to from here (www.interest.co.nz)

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Average New Zealand housing values rose by $554 a day during January, topping $800,000 for the first time (www.interest.co.nz)

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Global independent economic researchers Capital Economics have doubled down on forecasts of rising interest rates from next year and now see quantitative easing ending by the middle of this year (www.interest.co.nz)

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