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ASB Economic Update: Shifting our OCR call to 2020

Wednesday, 29th August, 2018

We’ve shifted our OCR call out to 2020 and we discuss that move and our economic forecasts more generally. However, we haven’t changed our OCR view, as some other commentators have, and we have a more positive growth view than the RBNZ. The key difference…

Changes to post-study work rights for international students

Wednesday, 29th August, 2018

The Government recently announced changes to post-study work rights for international students. This may interest you if your business currently employs or intends to employ former international students on post-study visas. These changes follow an extens…

ASB Economic Update: Dovish RBNZ takes market by surprise

Wednesday, 15th August, 2018

In last week’s August Monetary Policy Statement (MPS), the RBNZ surprised ourselves and the market by delaying its forecast rate hikes by 12 months to late 2020/early 2021. The NZD and NZ interest rates have both weakened. The Chart of the Week highlights…

Facebook shareholders try to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman- NZ Herald

Wednesday, 15th August, 2018

Shareholders are trying to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman of Facebook because of the social media giant’s ‘mishandling’ of recent scandals, including the Cambridge Analytica data saga, Russian meddling in the US election and fake news.   Read More
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