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Despite mounting pressure on international trade, services trade has continued to expand. Yet the full value of trade in services is not entirely known.

As debates rage on about the role of the state in sustaining economic growth, economic thinking around “crowding” effects is quietly evolving.

If you want to export butter to Thailand, there are three trade agreements with avenues for you to leverage; how do you navigate them to maximise the benefits?

Our new government has set a priority to target free trade agreements, particularly with India. It may boost resilience but will compromises need to be made? 

This is a different type of FTA. A breach of climate change and gender equality commitments could result in trade sanctions under the NZ-EU FTA.

Natural gas prices are rising rapidly in Europe, leading to rises in the prices of energy, steel, zinc, and fertiliser.

New Zealand and the EU have concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement. We will explore what the potential gains and losses for New Zealand are from this agreement.

We look at money markets since the year 2000 to try and get a handle on how interest rates might move in the near future.

As the fallout from COVID-19 increases, stock markets have had their best six months ever. Why has this happened?

The number of cases of COVID-19 virus in the world’s wealthier places like Europe and USA seem to be higher than in the poorer ones like Africa, or even Asia.

Similarities and differences in the fire risk and response between California and New Zealand.