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Ahead of the United States presidential inauguration, the Trumps decided to launch so-called memecoins. They’re eponymous, ...

Monthly retail spending figures ended the year on a stronger footing after much weakness in spending throughout 2024 ...

Jim O’Neill, a former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK treasury minister, is a member of the ...

Here are the key changes to know about in the New Zealand equity market; Oceania, Hallensteins, Investore, and Spark lead the gainers with Kathmandu, Precinct, Vector, and Kiwi Property the main ...

The NZ government is promising to double exports (again) – but as history shows, this is easier said than done, Eldrede ...

Roger J Kerr says the long USD speculative positioning on the Trump Trades has become extremely crowded and has lasted for ...

Eyes on NZ CPI, Trump2 effect; China says it hit GDP target; IMF raises growth estimates; US debt limit in focus again; Fed ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has begun the political year with a ministerial reshuffle aimed at addressing perceived weaknesses linked to the National Party's declining poll numbers. Finance ...

The shift to a more services-based economy increases economy-wide depreciation rates, and so the need to invest. Higher average interest rates – and economy-wide profit shares – are among the likely ...

I think this is what we could call 'starting the year with a bang'. We are going straight into 2025 with the biggie - inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation figures for the December ...

Ross Stitt reports that investment in housing in Australia delivered a very poor outcome compared to the alternatives, and that looks likely to remain so Australia in 2025 – and why it matters for New ...