30 Sep 2010

Evening Business News for 30 September 2010

From Business News, 6:20 pm on 30 September 2010

Building consents have fallen to their lowest level in a year. They're down by a seasonally-adjusted 18 percent in August, compared to the previous month. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's New Zealand economist, Chris Tennant Brown, says the decline reflects households' cautious approach.