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First home buyers may find themselves at the sharp end of further moves to tighten mortgage lending.

The government and the Reserve Bank are having a second go at cooling the runaway housing market.

The government and Reserve Bank are taking aim at unsustainable house prices, with fresh attempts to cool the housing market. New moves to tighten mortgage lending include lowering the amount of… Audio

The government and Reserve Bank have agreed on new moves to tighten mortgage lending, including tougher loan to value ratios, debt to income ratios, to cool the housing market. The central bank says… Audio

MPs return to the big House with a first week that promises debates on both government policy and personal projects, including on alcohol, budgets, tax rates, the Family Court, and conversion therapy.

The Reserve Bank moved yesterday to hold the official cash rate at 0.25 percent, which has cleared the way for interest rates to rise later in the year. It comes as Stats NZ prepares to release the… Audio

Technology commentator Paul Matthews joins Kathryn to look at the increase in significant hacking attacks and how they happen with the tale of what happened to the Reserve Bank in January. With the… Audio

Billions of dollars has been flushed through the economy in response to the Covid-19 pandemic by the government and Reserve Bank. As well the as the government's $50 billion pandemic response package… Audio

Dr Dennis Wesselbaum, who's a Senior Lecturer in Otago University's Department of Economics, thinks there's too much interference with monetary policy making. He explains his stance to Jesse. Audio

Interest rates are at historic lows with many economists picking they will begin to rise in the short to medium term. Kathryn speaks with independent economist Tony Alexander. Audio

The government has pulled another lever to try to slow the runaway housing market - requiring the Reserve Bank to take house prices into account.

National says the move's far too late and a senior… Audio

The Government has decreed the Reserve Bank will now have to take house prices into account when making its decisions.

The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, suggested this course of action last… Audio

Cyber crime is continuing to rise. Last year, the government received 5712 reports of cyber incidents which cost mostly small businesses $14.2 million. NZ Tech chief Graeme Muller offers the top three… Audio

On the Sunday Panel this morning we're joined by Dr Ella Henry, the Director of Maori Advancement at the Auckland University of Technology's Business School, and Chris Wikaira, a director of the… Audio

Dr Grant Morris looks back at the history of New Zealand's Reserve Bank and its governors. Audio

The Reserve Bank has been caught up in a political storm over the housing crisis. Is it really the Bank's fault that the levers it pulls have seen prices spiral out of control?   Audio

For the first time, Auckland's median house price has hit $ 1 million. The Real Estate Institute data for October, just realeased, shows the median house price in our biggest city has jumped by more… Audio

Reserve Bank Assistant Governor Christian Hawkesby tells The Panel what this means in practice. Audio

Former RBNZ economist Michael Reddell offers his analysis of the Monetary Policy Statement and explains why Kiwis need to be looking to stronger private sector investment in the long-term economic… Audio

There is a question mark over the future of coins due to the twin effects of digital technology and inflation reducing coin values. Andrew Clifford, president of the Numismatic Society of… Audio

International economist and author Steve Keen and former Reserve Bank economist Michael Reddell join the show to discuss the post-Covid-19 economic prospects for New Zealand and the trans-Tasman… Audio