The key issue economists are talking about this week are the poor GDP numbers from last week which show the New Zealand economy is deep in the grips of a recession.

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The move to separate the Asia-Pacific life insurance assets of AIG into a new company have taken another step forward.

Fund manager Carmel Fisher's Kingfish, the small cap investor managed by Fisher Funds, will offer quarterly dividend payments to investors, with first return likely to be made in September.

The Commerce Commission has said its investigation into the sale of the ING frozen funds will take another six months to complete and if it decides to take any further action after that could add another three years to the process.

The Commerce Commission has said its investigation into the sale of the ING frozen funds will take another six months to complete and if it decides to take any further action after  that could add another three years to the process.

Mortgagerates.co.nz's analysis of what the experts are saying shows some very different views are emerging. We summarise the views plus provide you with the full set of research documents.