Implications of sustained migration inflows / Fiscal policy realignment / Urban land for housing – some radical recommendations / Special economic zones for regional development / Interest rate cuts still a matter of when / Flurry of EV announcements coming / Pay equity taskforce

TPP – big win, big political headache / TPP timeline – not much needed from NZ Parliament / Science revamp focuses further on commercial impact / Govt increasingly focused on ICT sector’s potential / A hiatus for economic sentiment / Napier-Gisborne line – KiwiRail assesses tenders / Meanwhile, in Beijing

Key’s endless flexibility on display / Chinese FDI intent remains strong / TPP endgame edges closer / Govt refocuses trade policy / RMA reform bill close / New Aust Treasurer’s NZ connection / Fonterra result – will it affect the RBNZ’s OCR path?

Polling dilemmas: alternative flags and refugees / OCR at 2.5% next month, eventually lower? / Tolley in pole position for Speaker / Second-guessing the Fed / Transmission pricing / ALP puts China-Aust FTA risk / D-Day tomorrow for the UK Labour Party

Monetary Policy Statement extra / Automatic stabilisers kicking in; weaker dollar leads to inflation bounce; 25bps OCR cut may be the last of this magnitude

Wobbly China: don’t panic / Auckland transport glasnost / When will interest rates ever rise again? / Electricity: transmission pricing and profits / Earnings season: capital returns to the fore / Transport charging revolution afoot / What? Me worry?

What is the PBOC up to? / Political challenges as economic sentiment turns sharply / NZ becoming isolated on TPP / Goff preparing for Auckland mayoral bid / RMA reform, such as it is / How not to establish a model farm / Buyers in the wings for Solid Energy?

Labour’s hardening messages / Greens flavour of the month? / Pharmac safe, but TPP in the balance / Watch El Nino closely / Auckland politics / What is a ‘high risk’ business? / RBNZ rethinking ‘neutral’ OCR

A defining week, politically and economically / Implications of the dairy price fall / Pressure rises for deeper rate cuts / Treasury looks to downside scenario / Is China weaker than we think? / What the Treasury really said about KiwiRail / Labour and the TPP

Sharp drop in confidence, growth forecasts in doubt / What’s up with NZ First? / Smelter talks – here we go again / NZ’s special relationship confirmed / NZ Power – not dead yet / Aussies and iwi – another week in housing policy / Do R&D grants lead to stronger profits?