8 strategies for getting the lowest mortgage rates in 2026
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Japan stocks ride AI boom, rate hikes to record high in 2025
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Corporate Japan and households to rethink debt after BOJ rate hike
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Are recent mortgage rate increases justified? Banks accused of putting profits ahead of NZ’s economic recovery
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Young People Aren’t Getting Hired — but AI Isn’t to Blame
Young people entering the job market are facing the toughest conditions in years — but artificial intelligence isn’t…
As BOJ rate decision nears, Takaichi government signals openness to hike
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India delivers rate cut despite rupee weakness and resilient growth – Nikkei Asia
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Trump tariffs likely to worsen Pakistan’s 21-year-high jobless rate
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Do rate rises in response to the OCR cut suggest the Reserve Bank bungled its comms and slowed the economy recovery?
One expert the Herald spoke to was worried that the Reserve Bank strongly suggesting it was at the…
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The economy’s not in a recession, but the job market sure feels like we’re recovering from one. The…
Pound falls after inflation raises rate cut hopes
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Toronto siblings turn dog poop into thriving business after failing to find jobs
With unemployment rates on the rise in Toronto and the job market tougher than ever to crack, many…