Stories by Susan Edmunds

Six-month fixes have been popular lately, because of expectations that interest rates will continue to fall.

"From a historical perspective this is really bad," economist says as the number of business insolvencies hits more than double last year.

RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.

While rising food prices have meant the cost of Christmas dinner soared in the past couple of years, the picture for 2024 is brighter.

But the situation could have been a lot worse, a senior economist at the country's biggest bank says.

The technology, used by Woolworths to assign jobs and rank performance, is adding unrealistic time pressures, some staff say.

Andrea didn't find out the extent of her husband's financial abuse until they divorced. She's not alone. Audio

The Spinoff founder Duncan Greive says there's "no plan b" to save the website if an attempt to dramatically increase the number of paying supporters is not successful.

SolarZero says subscriptions will continue for existing customers, but no new systems will be sold.

When the official cash rate was cut by 50 basis points, the banks responded by passing on the full cut to floating rates.

One course is already booked out until mid next year. Audio

Within minutes, the main banks started passing the cut on to some borrowers.

Debt-to-income rules are likely to hit investors harder than first-home buyers, as interest rates fall further over the coming year.

SolarZero's liquidation has customers worried about the contracts they have with the company.

Here's why one KiwiSaver provider says anything less won't do.

Rising property prices mean limit for help is out of date, financial adviser says.

House price expectations have lifted and there's positivity about interest rates continuing to drop, ASB bank's latest survey found.

ASB said it would not accept preapprovals from advisers with clients who weren't already ASB customers until January.

Withdrawals are at record levels, and there are warnings more may be to come as a Christmas crunch hits.

There's a warning to borrowers not to get their hopes up.

RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.

Australia is pondering forcing some shops to accept cash , with some asking if New Zealand should follow suit.

Anna Hall was surprised to see an oven she had been looking at was being advertised on "sale", despite being $300 more expensive than earlier. Audio

House prices are way down from the peak three years ago, but some areas are more undervalued than others.

Many have been lived in up until recently, but don't look as if they should have been, property investor says.