Business & investing: Sharemarket investors unconcerned by the threat of rate hikes in 2024
Andrew Patterson
Andrew Patterson is Newsroom's Markets Editor and has worked for decades as a financial journalist, radio presenter and editor with Australia's ABC, Radio Live and NBR.
Posted inEconomy
Dollar at four-month high, sharemarket more muted
Kiwibank economist confident Reserve Bank’s next interest rate move will be to cut rather than hike
Posted inBusiness
Stockmarkets eye interest cuts
Markets ramp up bets on likely rate cuts next year as US inflation eases
Posted inBusiness
Markets churn on interest rate signals
Sharemarket rally stalls as Mainfreight result highlights tighter conditions
Posted inCorporate, Economy, Investing, Newsroom Pro
Markets rebound as bond yields fall
Business & Investing:Â The NZ sharemarket joined in the global rally climbing 3.3 percent, to record its best week of the year
Posted inBusiness
Sharemarket on course for third successive losing month
NZ sharemarket at 15-month low as port warns of slumping container volumes
Posted inInvesting
NZ sharemarket on verge of bear market
The NZX50 has fallen 19.5% since 2021, and is looking grizzly this week
Posted inBusiness, Corporate, Economy, Newsroom Pro
Oh so close, but precarious election outcome leaves markets on edge
Investors were already pricing in uncertainty; this morning's market trading is expected to fall on the threat of protracted negotiations to form a government, and Fletcher's pipe problems.
Posted inInvesting
Oil price set to surge as Middle East tensions explode
'We are watching to see if something breaks.' The concern expressed by Fidelity International applies not just to surging bond yields but to fuel prices and inflation, as the world watches and worries.
Posted inBusiness
A 'hawkish' Reserve Bank rates decision will be bad for borrowers, good for savers
ANZ economists expect rates rise before year's end; Kiwibank thinks hikes aren't necessary
Posted inEconomy
Economy bounces back after flooding, but primary industries fall
Business & investing: Economists warn better-than-expected GDP data likely to be temporary
Posted inBusiness
Tone of election to be revealed in big data week
A slowing economy expected out of GDP, trade and consumer confidence
