Businesses confident, job ads up 2.6%

Businesses are confident about the economic outlook, with job advertisements rising 2.6 per cent in August, a survey shows.

AAP - Monday 06 September 2010 11:30AM

Investment chiefs 'mildly optimistic'

Investment chiefs of companies are moderately optimistic about the investment picture over the next 12 months, a survey says.

AAP - Monday 06 September 2010 09:51AM

Jobs on offer grow in August: report

The number of jobs advertised nation wide rose in August, as businesses grow more confident about the strength of the global economy, a report shows.

AAP - Monday 06 September 2010 09:16AM

NZ dollar strong, despite massive quake

The $NZ opens strongly after a better-than-expected US payrolls report, little affected by Saturday's massive South Island nterbury earthquake.

NZPA - Monday 06 September 2010 06:39AM

Japan factory output rises 0.3% in July

Japan's industrial output rose 0.3 pc in July from the previous month, official data shows, better than market expectations of a 0.3 per cent fall.

AFP - Tuesday 31 August 2010 10:03AM

NZ building consents slump

The seasonally adjusted number of new houses authorised in July, excluding apartments, slumps 5.3 per cent, Statistics NZ says.

NZPA - Tuesday 31 August 2010 09:27AM

NZ construction sector at 'precipice'

The non-residential construction sector in NZ is at "the precipice of a collapse", the NZ Institute of Economic Research warns.

NZPA - Tuesday 31 August 2010 07:55AM

Investors get back into the bond market

Interest rates fall as traders jumped back in the Treasury market after suffering from seller's regret over the weekend.

AP - Tuesday 31 August 2010 07:46AM

Japan PM orders plan to boost economy

Japan's premier has ordered his industry minister to draw up a plan to boost domestic investment and keep jobs at home.

AFP - Monday 30 August 2010 07:11AM

US economy edges closer to stalling

As weak as it was, the US economy turns out to have been even worse - closer than the government first thought to stalling.

AP - Monday 30 August 2010 07:06AM