The Finance Minister has raised some concerns over NZ First's bid to break up the supermarket duopoly.

NZ First has announced that if re-elected, it will split Foodstuffs into two nationwide co-operates: one for New World and Four Square, and the other for Pak'nSave.

Nicola Willis says it's good idea, but it needs to be carefully implemented.

"That's why I've been taking my time working through proposals, looking very carefully at costs, very carefully at benefits, reviewing that, thinking about implementation - because I agree with Winston that the margins in our supermarket sector are very high."

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'Aspiration to invest $33b in 15 years. "I'd be very surprised if we get anwhere in coo-wee of that, however it indicates that the doors are open to NZ"

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'We're more exposed as an economy to the Middle East pressure point' Shane Solly - Harbour Asset Management.

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Talks are set to resume this week in Pakistan, but currently it's unconfirmed whether Iran will be in attendance.

Previous talks have been unsuccessful, and over the weekend the Strait of Hormuz was opened and then reclosed by Iran after the US continued to block Iranian ports.

This instability has raised questions over the ever-increasing fuel prices.

Business correspondent Vicky Pryce told Ryan Bridge, "everything could of course unsettle the markets again, but right this minute the markets seem to think that some resolution will be found."

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Today's inflation numbers won't reflect the full impact of the war in the Middle East.

The first quarter of this year's expected to show a dip in annual inflation after 2025 ended with a rate of 3.1%.

Bank economists are predicting an inflation rate between 2.8 and 3.1%.

BNZ Chief Economist Mike Jones told Mike Hosking despite not showing the current picture, there will still be some interest in today’s numbers – particularly the core inflation figures.

He says that if they ease, it’ll give the Reserve Bank a bit more rope to look through some of the shock, and if they strengthen, it’ll probably excite those calling for earlier rate increases.

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