Spot prices are per troy ounce (31.1034768 gm) of weight, from the gold and silver prices of the London fixing (pm) and the ...

US economy grew at a 2.3% in Q4 driven by strong consumer spending. Eurozone growth was flat in Q4. ECB cut rates and ...

US posts impressive growth but less than expected; ECB cuts again with EU stalled; freight rates fall; air travel hits ...

Rabobank sees a “significantly improved hand” for New Zealand agriculture in 2025, despite a couple of wild cards and jokers ...

ANZ chief economist says perhaps reality is biting for businesses as it becomes clear falling interest rates will take time to 'work their magic' ...

David Seymour says Kiwis are too squeamish about privatisation – history shows why they lost the appetite, Richard Shaw says ...

Meanwhile, TSB Chairman Mark Darrow told MPs TSB "struggles" to get a return on equity of 5% or 6%. "With different settings and the same pool of customers they [the big four] are getting two or three ...

X and Visa partner for socmed payments, Starlink txt-ing coming for iPhones, and OpenAI complains about Chinese IP theft ...

RBNZ chief economist Paul Conway says the central bank will have to 'feel its way' as the OCR gets closer to its estimate of ...

Banks are now super-sensitive to customer reactions when they have what is perceived as an uncompetitive mortgage rate card, ...

Global asset markets in holding pattern ahead of the FOMC. Bank of Canada cuts rates by 25bp. Australian Q4 CPI softer than ...

"As the cost-of-living crisis continues, surging bank profits impose costs across the economy, a dynamic we call 'bankflation ...