Water policy – govt baulks on allocation decisions / Greens on trade policy / Grant Robertson’s credibility / EA decision on transmission important for smelter / It’s the income inequality, stupid … / Confidence ebbing, but no early rate cut / Healthcare tech on a tear

Special, but not quite so special anymore / Flag campaign gets serious / Our strangely resilient economy / Turnbull takes a cautious turn / Earnings season / NZ Steel’s operations looking safer / Global value chains vs global value networks

TPP – signed but not finished / Polarised politics – Key and Waitangi / Damned if you do, damned if you don’t / Labour flirts with relevance / TPP – a long parliamentary road ahead / Export pricing / Auckland infrastructure

2016 – off to a wobbly start / The political year ahead / Old campaigners look to another term / Global gloom / Is inflation-targeting dead? / Trust – some good and bad news / Tiwai Point – looking safer

The political climate changes after Paris / RMA reform – not dead yet? / Auckland mayoralty / The Fed moves, the RBNZ beds in at a new low / 2016 – a better year? / Chorus’s big win / Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Monetary Policy Statement extra / RBNZ cuts 25bps for 2.5% OCR, 2 years before inflation at 2%

Cabinet Reshuffle Extra / Forget Judith Collins. Look at Paula Bennett!

What made Gerry Brownlee so mad / He’s back – return of David Parker / Replacing the surplus fetish / RMA2 finally unveiled / US rates rise a sure bet / The case for an OCR cut – likely, but not inevitable / A climate deal for Christmas

Economy on the cusp / Dairy industry dynamics / Labour puts on a good show at its annual conference / Cabinet reshuffle complications / Competition and insolvency regimes under review / US interest rate rise next month still odds-on / Keep an eye on Fiji

A fourth term RMA agenda emerging / Low-key or comatose? Labour’s annual conference / EVs and rail – Simon Bridges and the transport portfolio / Challenge to electricity network owners / A weaker employment quarter / 6.5% p.a. growth target in China’s new 5 Year Plan / Lochinver sold to local investors