Bank funding cost rocket lands in NZ

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From Banking Day:

State-owned Kiwibank has reported a flat half year profit as a net margin squeeze and heavy spending on a new computer system offset stronger lending growth.

Kiwibank reported a net profit of NZ$73 million for the six months to December 31, up from NZ$72 million in the same half a year ago, after its net interest margin fell six basis points to 2.10 per cent.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.