Stories by Gyles Beckford

Consumer prices rose 1.2 percent in the first three months of the year, driven by food and housing costs, but the annual inflation rate fell to 6.7 percent, well below expectations.

The Reserve Bank is set to deliver another rise in the official cash rate but the end to the aggressive series of interest rate hikes may be in sight.

The union representing bank workers wants a levy on excess profits in the sector as well as a broader inquiry.

New Zealand's economy contracted more than expected in the December quarter, with GDP falling 0.6 percent.

Collective profits for the sector were $7.18 billion for the year ended December, as pressure grows for an inquiry into the level of profits banks are making.

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has made a monetary policy statement after hiking the official cash rate (OCR) for the 10th consecutive time since 2021.

Further short-term relief measures to help those hit by floods and the cyclone will be announced soon, the Minister of Finance says.

More than 8000 claims have been sent to Vero and AA Insurance by flood victims so far.

The unemployment rate rose to 3.4 percent in the final quarter of 2022 and job growth over the three months was modest.

Inflation has remained stubbornly close to multi-decade highs as cheaper fuel only partly offset rises in food, household, and building costs. Audio

Inflation may have peaked, but hefty rate rises and economic recession still loom large on the horizon.

The Reserve Bank has raised the Official Cash Rate by 75 basis points to 4.25 percent in its efforts to combat rising inflation.

The Prime Minister is to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in coming days with a promise to discuss the issues that divide the New Zealand and China as well as their common ground.

An agreement to allow the import of Vietnamese limes after years of difficulty because of biosecurity fears looks to be a wedge in a trade door this summer.

A mid-evening fruit-picking expedition has ended the Prime Minister's first day in Vietnam after a helter-skelter programme of top-level meetings and pomp and ceremony.

The prime minister is supporting a call for action over Myanmar during a regional security summit in Cambodia.

Analysis - Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has never fitted the buttoned down, scripted image of an economist, but it clearly has been no impediment to his advancement, Gyles Beckford writes.

The government has reappointed Adrian Orr for a second five-year term as governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Economists have been quick to forecast even more aggressive interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank to combat inflation.

Consumer prices rose 2.2 percent in the three months ended September driven by higher food and housing costs, keeping inflation close to a 32-year high.

New Zealand's inflation rate has likely peaked, but interest rates are expected to continue rising.

The Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate by 50 basis points to 3.5 percent, as expected.

The decision, due on Wednesday, is another lap in the Reserve Bank's anti-inflation marathon.

It will be the seventh rise in the OCR since last October, the most aggressive tightening cycle since the current monetary policy system was instituted in 1999.

With a slowing economy, struggling business and consumer confidence, Covid-19 still biting and the impact of rising interest rates and inflation, why are NZ's top companies on the stock exchange…