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Tracking the Economy

Reserve Bank tips reinsurance premiums to rise

Global reinsurers are likely to pass on their mounting cost of the Canterbury earthquakes to their customers.

Australia: Rate cut unlikely to fire growth

Aussie cash rate cut not a spur for Kiwi copycat

ALAN BOLLARD: Not likely to follow the Australians

NZ dollar slips below 80c for first time since January

The kiwi fell below 80 US cents for the first time since January after weak US data and a surprise gain in local unemployment stoked bets the Reserve Bank may cut interest rates.

Kiwi slides to 3-month low after unemployment jump

The kiwi fell to a three-month low after unemployment unexpectedly rose in the first three months of the year, raising the possibility of a Reserve Bank rate cut.