Episodes
Commerce Commission Chairman John Small on what the market for personal banking services could look like in five years' time
Published 03/23/24
Patrick Watson of Mauldin Economics on what's going on in the US economy ahead of November's presidential election
Published 03/19/24
Pushing through the 'cheer squad' to have a proper conversation on housing with Aussie economist Cameron Murray
Published 03/13/24
Patience required as China's economy, like much of the world, deals with a Covid-19 hangover, says David Mahon in our Of Interest podcast
Published 03/02/24
Commerce & Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly says banking probe could look at encouraging more lending to productive sectors instead of housing
Published 02/18/24
The NZ Infrastructure Commission's Geoff Cooper outlines how thinking slowly and acting fast could improve NZ's infrastructure
Published 02/02/24
Kiwibank's Jarrod Kerr on the war on inflation including how much the RBNZ can influence non-tradeable inflation, and whether its mandate may need changing
Published 01/25/24
Newsroom's Rod Oram on the 'deeply, deeply, deeply fascinating experience' of being on the ground at COP28 for the UAE consensus
Published 12/18/23
BNZ Head of Research Stephen Toplis on the NZ economy 'bouncing along the bottom' and what to expect in 2024
Published 12/16/23
Governor Adrian Orr explains what the Reserve Bank needs to see to have real confidence inflation pressures are easing off
Published 12/04/23
Sense Partners' John Ballingall says the new government should focus on making the most of our existing trade deals, rather than chasing new ones
Published 11/28/23
RBNZ's foreign currency intervention capacity likely to grow significantly, Westpac NZ's Kelly Eckhold says
Published 11/18/23
Christina Hood explains why New Zealand is one of the easiest countries in the world in which to get to net zero emissions of greenhouse gases
Published 11/08/23
Political commentator and five time coalition negotiator, Peter Dunne explains how coalition talks work behind the scenes
Published 10/26/23
In our latest Of Interest podcast episode Dave Christie explains the challenges NZ's supply chains face and what can be done to improve them
Published 10/18/23
Julie-Anne Genter talks tax, rent controls, and whether Wayne Brown could be a Green Party candidate on the Of Interest podcast
Published 10/09/23
Labour finance spokesperson Grant Robertson talks spreadsheets, debt, and the Reserve Bank's dual mandate on the Of Interest Podcast
Published 10/02/23
The New Zealand First deputy leader and finance spokesperson Shane Jones discusses financial and economic policy in the second of our series of interviews with finance spokespeople from the main parties
Published 10/01/23
In our latest Of Interest podcast David Mahon explains what's going on in the Chinese economy, what needs to change and when he thinks things will be looking up
Published 09/18/23
US data positive. Japanese machinery orders ease. China slashes reserve ratio. ECB hikes rates for tenth time. Container freight rates dive.
Published 09/14/23
Is there a case for change? Putting a spotlight on NZ's political donations as the election looms
Published 09/14/23
Squirrel's David Cunningham explains how interest rates are set and how banks have been able to boost their margins by about 20%
Published 09/07/23
In a stocktake on the anti-money laundering & countering terrorist financing law at 10, Gary Hughes explains where it came from, its impact & how it might be improved
Published 08/30/23
CEO Steve Jurkovich wants New Zealanders to be 'fired up enough' to move to Kiwibank if they want a more competitive banking market
Published 08/25/23
New Zealand survived another tight electricity supply situation - the 12th so far this year. Eric Frykberg explores the situation with experts Gavin Evans, Andreas Heuser and John Carnegie
Published 08/11/23