Election 2014: the Dotcom factor / Labour’s economic policy takes shape / The polls, the polls … / EU FTA progress - how much does it matter? / Irrigation schemes - a reality check / Productivity improves / Fonterra’s conundrum

Sept 20 general election / Cunliffe is safe - for now / Aggressive monetary tightening ahead / Australia makes progress on FTA’s / Single business number plan / Last roll of the dice on asset sales / Legislation update

Reserve Bank extra: A 4.5% OCR by early 2016 – then some more?

As interest rates rise, signs of a falling dollar / What the Matt McCarten appointment might mean / Boom times continue / No deal in Singapore / National pulls ahead in February / Genesis Energy - last cab off the rank / Oil industry seeks new spokesman

Looking for direction in the Green Party / The Winston factor: can he get 5% again? / Bi-partisan trade policy headache for Cunliffe / Abbott and Hockey: challenging past consensus / Regulation in the frame / PM to China for post-Fonterra pow-wow? / Parliamentary year under way

A synchronised, cyclical global recovery … / “Rock star” economy to shine bright, but briefly? / National’s dilemma – finding mates / Are the rich really getting richer in NZ? / Electricity politics heating up again / Time to redesign the competition test / Business and economic round-up