Podcast Episodes

ANZ predicts OCR hikes from July

ANZ Chief Economist Sharon Zollner says we left monetary policy too loose during Covid, so the Reserve Bank is likely to start lifting the OCR from J…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Industries join forces to urge signing of Indian FTA

NZ Wine CEO Philip Gregan talks about why 28 exporters and industry associations are urging the Government to sign a Free Trade Agreement with India.…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Jarrod Kerr: Kiwibank Chief Economist warns that early OCR increases could be counterproductive

There's division among economists regarding how soon the Reserve Bank should start raising the Official Cash Rate. 

Many now expect the bank to bring…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Damaging words in investing  - ‘this time is different’

The Milford Report - From a market perspective is this period genuinely different from what we’ve seen before, or does it just feel that way?

See omny…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Andrew Dickens: The India Free Trade Agreement remains uncertain

Let's talk about something that is very crucial to our economy and that's the India Free Trade Deal. We are an exporter. We live because of what we e…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Carolyn Young: Retail NZ CEO on the growth in retail spending, increased costs

Retailers are on a “knife edge” deciding when to pass on increased costs to consumers. 

Retail NZ CEO Carolyn Young told Mike Hosking that retailers …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kelly Eckhold: Westpac chief economist on the bank forecasting an OCR increase for September

Another bank is predicting an upcoming OCR raise. 

ANZ has already picked three consecutive Official Cash Rate hikes in July, September, and October.…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

René de Monchy: Tourism NZ CEO on the increase in international visitors from China

Chinese visitors are making a resurgence. 

Latest Stats NZ data shows more than 408 thousand overseas tourists visited in February – an annual increa…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Bite: Are we heading toward stagflation?

In this bonus clip, economist Brad Olsen unpacks the risk of stagflation, where inflation rises but economic growth stalls and why it’s back on the r…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Chris Bishop: Associate Finance Minister on the prospect of the OCR going up

There's growing concern about the impact of the Middle East conflict, and at least one major bank has forecasted increases to the OCR.

ANZ has revise…

2 months, 3 weeks ago