Stories by Susan Edmunds

New data shows how tight things are getting for many New Zealanders.

But who are the 300 people who say they work all the time?

The Reserve Bank will pay its first dividend to the government in three years - in part because of the higher interest rates of the past year.

The Reserve Bank opted for a double cut, but the economy is a long way from "double happy".

The Reserve Bank's decision to cut the official cash rate will help the property market, but house prices may still only increase slowly from here.

业内人士建议，在锁定贷款之前永远要试着争取一下，说不定还有更多的优惠。

If you're refixing your home loan, it's worth pushing, a brokers say.

The move comes as the Reserve Bank updates its official cash rate on Wednesday, with calls for it to drop by 50 basis points to 4.75%.

Interest rates are falling but that doesn't mean the pain is over.

Life is tough for many pensioners, particularly those paying rent, financial mentors say.

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Greg Smith of Devon Funds said it was not what he thought the Reserve Bank would do, but what it should do, given the state of the economy.

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More people own their homes - a stat that has surprised even the statisticians.

Information released under the Official Information Act shows that there were 53,350 taxpayers who reported negative rental income in the 2023 tax year.

A family does not qualify for the Family Boost early childhood education rebate, despite earning "well below" the advertised $180,000 cap.

But are they really 'ghost houses'?

Renee Joblin runs a small engineering company. Right now, she's waiting for $10,000 in payments that should have come in weeks ago.

Financial mentors are concerned that buy now pay later loans are snowballing into major debt problems for some borrowers.

If you're working - even as an employee - in another country, you could still get an ACC bill.

多家银行专家认为储备银行应加大降息力度，并建议决策者吸取教训，不让过去几年的经济震荡再次出现。

We're nearing the bottom of the market, research firm says.