Stories by Gyles Beckford

A mid-evening fruit-picking expedition has ended the Prime Minister's first day in Vietnam after a helter-skelter programme of top-level meetings and pomp and ceremony.

The prime minister is supporting a call for action over Myanmar during a regional security summit in Cambodia.

Analysis - Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has never fitted the buttoned down, scripted image of an economist, but it clearly has been no impediment to his advancement, Gyles Beckford writes.

The government has reappointed Adrian Orr for a second five-year term as governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

Economists have been quick to forecast even more aggressive interest rate rises from the Reserve Bank to combat inflation.

Consumer prices rose 2.2 percent in the three months ended September driven by higher food and housing costs, keeping inflation close to a 32-year high.

New Zealand's inflation rate has likely peaked, but interest rates are expected to continue rising.

The Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate by 50 basis points to 3.5 percent, as expected.

The decision, due on Wednesday, is another lap in the Reserve Bank's anti-inflation marathon.

It will be the seventh rise in the OCR since last October, the most aggressive tightening cycle since the current monetary policy system was instituted in 1999.

With a slowing economy, struggling business and consumer confidence, Covid-19 still biting and the impact of rising interest rates and inflation, why are NZ's top companies on the stock exchange…

The sale of state-owned investment business Kiwi Wealth is imminent.

Inflation has hit a 32-year high on the back of higher housing, food and fuel costs.

Hang on to your wallet, inflation is set to nudge through 7 percent to its highest level in more than 30 years.

The Reserve Bank has raised the official cash rate to a six-year high and promised more rises until it gets inflation under control.

The Reserve Bank is set to make it three in a row this Wednesday - a half a percentage point increase in the official cash rate (OCR) in a replay of its May decision.

The economy unexpectedly contracted at the start of the year as consumers controlled their spending, exports dipped, and primary industries produced less.

The government needs to be more targeted in its spending to relieve cost of living pressures and should consider delaying some infrastructure projects, according to the Organisation for Economic…

The Reserve Bank has announced another hike of the official cash rate, raising it by half a percentage point to a six-year high of 2 percent as it ramps up the battle against inflation.

The Reserve Bank is set to raise its benchmark interest rate to its highest level in six years as it rejoins the battle with surging inflation.

The government takes a measured approach to new spending and investment as it looks to negotiate high inflation, global disruptions, and geo-political uncertainties, which it is expecting to dent near…

Another rise in interest rates by the Reserve Bank seems certain this week. The only issue is how large will it be.

The Reserve Bank has resumed its battle with surging inflation by raising the official cash rate and has signalled more rises this year.

The Reserve Bank releases its first monetary policy statement this week and the only issue is not if it raises the official cash rate (OCR), but by how much.

The new head of the Financial Markets Authority plans to use empathy, education, and enforcement to deliver good results for consumers and investors.