Business and investing: THL not happy campers as share sales halted
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.
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Wellington consumers’ outlook bleak in the face of job cuts
Markets at a tipping point as outlook darkens
Business and investing: Half a year of stock market gains seem to be over as uncertainty starts to grow
Markets rattled by increasing geopolitical tensions
The price of oil could surge above US$100 a barrel if Iran’s missile attack on Israel escalates
Reserve Bank set to update interest rate outlook as oil prices spike
Business & Investing: The price of a barrel of oil surged above US$90 a barrel
D-Day for indebted dairy producer Synlait Milk
Financial support announcement may only be a temporary reprieve for Synlait as the company faces a further $180m bond repayment
Markets buoyed by dovish central bank announcements
Pressure builds for Reserve Bank to cut rates
Markets brace for impact as December quarter GDP announced
One broker says earnings downgrades for 2024 rivals that seen in 2009 at the height of the global financial crisis
Central banks diverge over rate cut outlook
Risk is the Reserve Bank leaves a rate cut move too late, causing the economy to quickly fall into recession
Earnings season delivers sombre results and subdued outlook
Only two companies reported a material lift in profitability during the most recent half year
Markets nervously await Reserve Bank’s latest call on rates
There are many reasons for OCR to remain on hold but there is still plenty of heat left in underlying economy
Fletcher Building sends NZ sharemarket into a tailspin
Embarrassingly for Fletcher’s directors, they clearly had no idea about the extent of the company’s growing financial problems