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Of Interest — 116 episodes
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David Mahon: China will watch Election 2026 closely
The Detail interview with Gareth Vaughan
David Cay Johnston: NZ's objective with Trump should be 'to not become the focus of his wrath'
Mark Laurence: 'Flabbergasted that AI hasn't become a political talking point'
Imre Speizer: Differing levels of 'assertiveness' between RBNZ & RBA the reason for big cash rate difference
Steve Symon: Following the money while playing whack-a-mole against the large commercial enterprises of organised crime
Anna Breman: The new RBNZ Governor on inflation, being told off by Winston Peters & more
David Mahon: China, a country 'full of DeepSeeks,' now sees NZ as 'a country of diplomatic infidelity'
Nicola Willis: Growing the economy without spending
Andrew Coleman: Swapping NZ's gas guzzling Holden government retirement income system for an EV
John Lyon: Why New Zealanders should be grateful insurers remain committed to their country
Murray Harris: The case for higher KiwiSaver contributions
Jonathan Shapiro: Why the integrity of bond markets on both sides of the Tasman is at stake
Pierre van Heerden: How it costs twice as much to set up a supermarket in NZ than Australia
Imre Speizer: What to expect from interest rates and the NZ dollar over coming months
John Small: The 'faster, safer, cheaper' banking experience of the future
Christian Hawkesby: Accurate GDP forecast would’ve altered May RBNZ policy
Shannon Barlow: Where the power sits in the labour market
John Bolton: Who might be attracted to shoebox apartments and why
Steven Hail: Transforming the discussion about government fiscal & economic policy
Will Carnachan of Aotea Asset Management unpacks the NZ private credit scene
Nick Tuffley: Why did ASB and RBNZ change their mind about rate cuts?
Stephen Jacobi: The US is a riskier trade partner than China
James Foster - the New Zealand EV, or 'batteries on wheels', scene
Cameron Bagrie: Why and how the pricing of risk versus the taking of risk by banks needs to change
Fiona Hall & Martin Dilly: Frustrations with & war stories from the world of anti-money laundering compliance
Kylie Walker: What the mission-driven Future Made in Australia approach is & what it could mean
Geof Mortlock: Problems with NZ's depositor compensation scheme & bank failure tools
Shamubeel Eaqub: Why institutional landlords should be better for renters than 'accidental' landlords
Jennifer Wilkins: making the case for degrowth
Andrew Dentice on the competition, innovation & societal benefits of open banking, & its marketing problem
Barbara Edmonds: Rehabilitating Labour's economic credibility after the cost of living crisis
Tim Grafton: 12 years at the coalface of the insurance industry
John Small: The Commerce Commission's recipe to tackle the banking oligopoly
Patrick Watson: US voters 'living in their own realities' including on the economy
Cameron Murray: The Great Housing Hijack
David Mahon: China's post-Covid hangover, NZ flirting with joining AUKUS & more
Andrew Bayly: The select committee banking inquiry, Statistics NZ's challenges & more
Geoff Cooper: Changing the perceptions of infrastructure planning to dynamic from bureaucratic
Jarrod Kerr: Why the RBNZ should move away from its 'overly hawkish commentary'
Rod Oram: The key test ahead now COP28 has agreed to a transition away from fossil fuels
Stephen Toplis: Why the worst of the economic downturn is still to come
Adrian Orr: Doing whatever it takes to achieve low and stable inflation, and his ideal scenario for monetary policy in a year's time
John Ballingall: Why the time is ripe for a new trade strategy
Kelly Eckhold: Why the RBNZ's increased foreign currency intervention capacity makes sense
Christina Hood: Getting to net zero and what comes next
Peter Dunne: How coalition negotiations work
Dave Christie: What's needed to pull NZ's supply chains out of 'serious, if not critical condition'
Julie-Anne Genter: Public transport, rent controls, housing & tax
Grant Robertson: The one thing he overspent on
Shane Jones: NZ First promises a new focus on growth
David Mahon: How tensions with the US are a factor dampening Chinese consumer confidence
China & EU make dovish moves, US data positive
Max Rashbrooke: How and why NZ should 'clean big money out' of political donations
David Cunningham: The key area the Commerce Commission should focus its bank competition probe on
Gary Hughes: What could be done to simplify & improve anti-money laundering law
Steve Jurkovich: where Kiwibank has come from, where it's at & where it's going
Can New Zealand survive repeating tight electricity events?
Rebekah Cain: Why banks matter in the push to decarbonise the economy
Nathan Lewis: What's behind a potential BRICS gold-backed currency system & how it might work
Michael Timothy Bennett: why AI will be like a series of black swan events
Richard Yetsenga; ANZ's Group Chief Economist on where central banks' inflation war is at
Hannah Miller: the rise and fall of spellcaster Sam Bankman-Fried
Gaya Herrington: Why the goal should be meeting human needs within planetary boundaries rather than economic growth
Martin Brook: why you wouldn't build on much of Auckland's land if you started from scratch knowing what we know today
Paul Donovan: UBS chief economist unwraps profit-led inflation
Blair Turnbull: Tower CEO on not letting a big disaster go to waste
Martin Foo: S&P's concerns about NZ's current account deficit & more
Eric Crampton and Craig Renney give their takes on 2023 Budget
Rohan Grey: How minting a platinum coin could solve the US debt ceiling crisis
Paul Tucker - How quantitative easing has impacted the public finances
Martin Whetton: How overseas investors view New Zealand government debt
Tim Hazledine: Potential new tools to help with the inflation fight
Kim Martin: The New Zealand Debt Management boss on how the Government borrows and repays debt
Christina Leung: Profits not responsible for inflation, NZIER economist says
Mark Aspin: The mitigation technologies that could 'make a big hole' in NZ livestock methane emissions
Bill Rosenberg: How to measure household inflation better than the CPI does
Anthony Healy: How a business growth fund partnership between banks & the Government works
Greg Fleming: How to invest in a bursting bubble
Grant Halverson: Was the buy now pay later fintech revolution ever much more than smoke and mirrors?
Doug Fairgray: Is the bipartisan attempt to boost urban housing density the right way to go?
Gilmour & Hicks: Is the war on dirty money winnable, and if so how?
David Mahon: The end of Covid-zero and the Chinese economy 'beginning to really move again'
David Hall: Climate adaptation urgency & the potential for parametric insurance
John McDermott: Why quantitative easing has proven to be 'very dangerous'
Adam Boileau: How geopolitical fragmentation is aiding the rise of cybercrime & why NZ needs a Minister of Cyber Security
David McLeish: The problem of using a tool to fight supply problems when it's designed to fight demand issues
Karen Silk: what RBNZ Monetary Policy Committee members will be watching over summer
Jarrod Kerr: the war on inflation
Ganesh Nana: New Zealand needs a major reset of immigration policy
Martien Lubberink: Why banks love housing so much
Rebecca Ingram: Why the tourism restart is not just a matter of flicking a switch
Jeremy Muir: Why there's no silver bullet law for the crypto and blockchain industry
Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy: How Auckland's leading the world in housing upzoning
Earl Bardsley: Could a pumped hydro scheme free NZ from fossil fuel power and enable the green transition?
Clare Bolingford: What will regulating the conduct of banks & insurers mean for their customers?
Paul Conway: Why he's optimistic NZ can improve its productivity performance
Stephen Jacobi: Is New Zealand too dependent on China as an export market?
David Mahon: What's going on in China's economy
Shamubeel Eaqub: Why the Generation Rent author is now optimistic about the housing market
Geof Mortlock: New Zealand is finally poised to get deposit insurance. So what will it mean?
Raf Manji: Did the RBNZ's Covid-19 response follow a misdiagnosis of the problem?
Shannon Barlow: How and why employees hold the power in the labour market and not employers
Nick Smyth: Why financial markets are pricing in interest rate cuts
Rick Jones: How big a threat is automation to accountants, and how can you attract young people to the profession?
Blair Turnbull: Insurance and climate change
Tava Olsen: Can NZ have a national supply chain strategy?
John Bolton: 'The everything bubble's popping and property has probably done comparatively well'
Rod Carr: 'I would not underestimate the challenge that humanity faces in decarbonising our livelihoods and lifestyles'
Grant Spencer: Why inflation is a problem and where it's going
Ian Woolford: The push to launch a central bank digital currency
Arthur Grimes: Would it be possible and/or desirable to engineer a housing market correction?