Casey Research recently reported that wages are rising across the USA. Let’s see what’s happening in the USA and then take a comparative look at the push for higher wages taking place in New Zealand. Then we’ll see what the impacts of this push for higher wages may be. Wages are rising across the […]
Category Archives: New Zealand Articles
This category includes all the articles on gold, silver and related topics written by Gold Survival Guide, often with a New Zealand focus.
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Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki, this week sounded a warning to Australia to be prepared for the “biggest crash in world history”. “Unfortunately we had a big crash in 2000, they called it the dotcom crash, then in 2008 it was the subprime real estate crash. The next is going to be the […]
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See why Russia slashed its US treasury holdings by 84% in the past 2 months. While increasing its central bank gold reserves yet again. Russian Slashes Its US Treasury Bond Holdings The central Bank of Russia’s holdings of US Treasury Bonds fell $81.2 billion during April and May to a total of just $14.9 […]
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Some news out of Australia relating to migration rates and the impact on the Australian economy got us thinking about how the same might apply in New Zealand. The Daily Reckoning Australia yesterday discussed the risks to Australia if policy makers cut back on immigration rates. See: Australia’s Secret to Dodging a Recession: “Australia’s […]
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The Bank of the Cook Islands has issued a five dollar gold note. The unique gold note is legal tender for $5 and contains 1/100 ounce gold. Produced by Valaurum who say, “The Prince Harry-Meghan Markle notes put gold in small amounts, a-hundredth of an ounce, into general circulation in a sovereign nation.” Source. 1/100 […]
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It’s interesting to read outsiders perspectives of what’s happening in New Zealand. The land of the long white cloud got a mention over recent months on various websites. The comments didn’t really fit under a particular heading. So we’ve just lumped them together here under the title “New Zealand in the News Around the World”. […]
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The New Zealand share market index, the NZX50 reached a new all time high earlier this month of 9084.04. Today the index is only just down from all time highs at 8953. So surely this is an indicator of a robust economy? And given share markets are meant to be forward thinking, a sign that […]
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Jul
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There is a push to stop commercial banks issuing money and reserve this role for central banks to be the sole issuer of currency. What’s the problem with this idea? This year we’ve covered extensively how the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has been looking into the pros and cons of creating its […]
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The RBNZ has just released the latest results from the bank stress tests of the 4 major New Zealand banks. How helpful will these be to the New Zealand public? The Reserve Bank of New Zealand recently launched its Bank Financial Strength Dashboard with a view to helping consumers monitor the strength of their […]
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Jul
Jul
Last March we wrote about the upcoming changes in financial reporting requirements in New Zealand. New Banking rules set to come into force in November will mean any cash transactions over $10,000 will have to be reported to police by New Zealand banks. On top of this banks will also have to alert the Police […]