How to make NZ’s terrible economic ranking look not so terrible.
Category: Economy
Centrist Exclusives
Economic update: Inflation dips slightly, but business confidence is shaky
NZ’s inflation rate slows to 6%. Wages have risen, along with jobs on offer and house values.
Economy
How we define being in a recession is not helpful
The definition may be too narrow.
Economy
NZ has a housing affordability and low education problem, not income inequality
A lot of “mythical facts” floating around according to Roger Partridge.
Economy
Despite Treasury’s optimism, the fiscal bugbear will be daunting
Commentary on Treasury’s PREFU.
Economy
NZ’s current account worst in OECD worse than during GFC
The Facts don’t lie.
Centrist Exclusives
Economic Update August 2023
Weak retail and housing data, inflation, and low growth point to a deeper NZ recession.
Centrist Exclusives
Even something with the mathematical precision of taxes has become largely emotional
Why does the “make the rich pay” crowd never mention the rich are already paying for many that pay nothing?
Centrist Exclusives
Government and BlackRock promoting each other – Part 2
It’s going to take a lot more than some aspirational statements and $2b to get to 100% renewable electricity.
Economy
A look at doomed second harbour crossing proposals for Auckland
Three and a half decades of talk preceded the latest announcement of a second harbour crossing in Auckland.