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CPI inflation higher than expected by RBNZ and market in December quarter at 0.5% quarter-on-quarter and 1.4% year-on-year; Rate cuts unlikely (www.interest.co.nz)

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Global independent economic researchers Capital Economics see the Reserve Bank as needing to lift interest rates from next year as economic conditions improve beyond expectations (www.interest.co.nz)

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2020 capped with a +19% rise in house prices for the year despite a sharp jump in volumes sold. Prices were up $323/day in December in Auckland, according to REINZ data (www.interest.co.nz)

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Encouraged by the RBNZ, one major bank offers a 2.29% one year fixed home loan rate. It is almost certain to signal a new round of mortgage rate cuts that will juice up the already-hot housing market (www.interest.co.nz)

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ANZ housing report says urgent action is needed to make housing more affordable including ramping up supply and curbing immigration (www.interest.co.nz)

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Economists are picking a record economic recover in the September quarter, with GDP expected to grow by possibly as much as 14% (www.interest.co.nz)

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Auckland's housing crisis starting to ease as supply starts to overtake demand and accumulated housing shortage starts to shrink (www.interest.co.nz)

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Statistics New Zealand says the 37,000 rise in the number of unemployed to 151,000 is the largest quarterly rise on record; highest number out of work in eight years (www.interest.co.nz)

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Former RBNZ Chairman Arthur Grimes warns of 'real danger' of the RBNZ destablising asset prices, as its employment target sees it go too far lowering interest rates (www.interest.co.nz)

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KiwiUnderBuild - NZ 'short of 65,000 houses' (www.interest.co.nz)

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The average value of all NZ homes rose 7.6% over the last 12 months to $743,678 (www.interest.co.nz)

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RBNZ says a package of additional monetary instruments, including possibly a negative Official Cash Rate 'must remain in active preparation' (www.interest.co.nz)

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Auckland Council's economists investigate the idea of changing the rating valuation process to focus solely on land values (www.interest.co.nz)

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New Zealand-UK free trade negotiations to begin via video conference in July, says Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker (www.interest.co.nz)

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RBNZ nearly doubles quantitative easing programme to $60 billion; Reaffirms forward guidance to keep OCR at 0.25%, but specifically says it's prepared to reduce the OCR further (www.interest.co.nz)

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Statistics New Zealand says the annual inflation rate was 2.5% as at March (www.interest.co.nz)

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Jobseeker Support up 15% year-on-year in March, food grants issued jumps 54% and KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals rise 14% (www.interest.co.nz)

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PM announces new COVID-19 alert system; urges over-70s and those with compromised immunity to stay home, people to restrict movements around the country and to work differently (www.interest.co.nz)

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Reserve Bank of Australia cuts cash rate to just 0.50% to 'support the economy as it responds to the global coronavirus outbreak' (www.interest.co.nz)

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The number of new homes being built in Auckland has increased by 63% over the last two years (www.interest.co.nz)

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Keith Woodford says COVID-19 is a black swan event that is likely to have larger effects across the New Zealand and global economy than currently recognised, but with New Zealand agri-food likely to be buffered (www.interest.co.nz)

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Stay for 7 days, then pay - Government to start charging emergency housing recipients rent like other social housing tenants (www.interest.co.nz)

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National to support NZ First MP's member's bill that seeks to increase the NZ Super residency requirement from 10 to 20 years (www.interest.co.nz)

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Government gives Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities the green light to more than double its debt to $7 billion; Housing NZ to issue $2.5 billion of bonds this year (www.interest.co.nz)

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Stats NZ reports that a 2.7% lift in monthly building consents for November saw the annual level of consents around the country hit over 37,000 for the first time since the 1970s (www.interest.co.nz)

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