Water those green shoots

One of the themes to draw out of the news this week is around economic growth and those “green shoots”.

The Reserve Bank talked about the outlook for the New Zealand economy in its monetary policy statement yesterday and during the week we have run a couple of stories reporting on what fund managers think.

One of the new things we have done this week is launch a new website totally dedicated to home loans. The site at www.mortgagerates.co.nz also has a section on What the experts are saying. Here you can see a summary of economist views and also read their reports. We also introduce a new home loan rate blog. Its first posting questions whether MPs should be telling banks their rates are too high.

Have a look at the site and if you know anyone wanting home loan information give them the mortgagerates.co.nz address.

Another trend at the moment is that we are seeing lots more investment product development – well, far more than last year.