Earlier this week, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled a shift toward more constructive trade engagement with China, ...

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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock has delivered some bad news for Aussies paying off a mortgage.

The Reserve Bank’s deliberate plan to hold back on big cash rate increases worked as intended. Now its message is that the ...

In its latest published forecasts, in May, the bank said that if, as markets expected, it lowers its cash rate target to 3.4% ...

A top New Zealand central banker said on Thursday that while the full impact of U.S. tariffs remains uncertain, they could ...

New Zealand’s central bank is ready to cut interest rates further if the outlook for price pressures continues to soften as expected, chief economist Paul Conway said, warning that US tariffs are ...

However, the economy is currently supported by high export prices and lower interest rates, he says.In a speech delivered to ...

A fifth of New Zealanders surveyed said they struggled to pay their power bills in the past year, forcing them to choose ...