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The new year is well under way now and most people will have returned to work, giving thought to what 2021 will bring.

In my column last month, I noted that the Reserve Bank would probably respond to evidence of a rise in low deposit lending to investors by seeking to reinstate Loan...

Back in March, as we all tried to make sense of what a global pandemic meant and how much economic damage would ensue from something unheard ofcalled a lockdown, the outlook...

The past month has certainly been an interesting one, with Auckland going back into a mild form of lockdown and the rest of the country watching anxiously to see if the cluster would spread beyond Tokoroa.

Back in March, as we approached, then entered lockdown, a lot of people were talking about the return of the Great Depression, years of woe, soaring unemployment, and massive death. Things have so far turned out to be quite different.

Each month I run four surveys of different groups of people, all with the aim of providing useful information which investors and small businesses can hopefully utilise as they work...

As at the time of writing on May 28, things seem to be moving in the right direction to have the country move out of Level 2 well before the...