Business News

Wage growth is expected to have ticked up only modestly so far this year pointing to lower inflation and potentially prompting the Reserve Bank to cut the official cash rate as early as next week.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

A brief update of movements in the financial sector.

News from the business sector, including a market report.

The country's trade deficit has narrowed but still remains at high levels, Air New Zealand's gas turbines business has signed a contract to service United States Navy turbines, worth more than 17-million US dollars.

For the latest from the markets we're joined by Michael Grace of FNZC.

Reports that Britain is going to let telcos use China's Huawei equipment in 5G mobile networks has given some hope to telecommunications provider Spark that it can use the equipment here.

The carpet manufacturer, Cavalier, is investigating the possibility of developing a large scale, end of life, carpet recycling service.

The growing number of investment funds designed to support New Zealand start-up companies will help keep them from taking their business offshore.

Consumer confidence is holding steady, as a strong labour market offsets underlying concerns about global and local economic conditions.