Independent reviewers release verdict on Covid-era monetary policymaking, saying vulnerabilities in system still exist
“A different group of intelligent people, under the same framework, would risk making the same mistakes.” Inflation needs…
Labour to expand Covid-era subsidy for apprenticeships if elected, expands eligibility to road-builders and hairdressers
Labour thinks 27,000 apprentices will benefit from the scheme by the end of the decade, up from 9000…
IRD Covid loan defaults hit $447m as 20,000 small firms fall behind
In addition, tens of billions of dollars’ worth of extraordinary government grants and loans, including the cashflow lending…
Reserve Bank: Money printing didn’t cause inflation to soar; $11 billion cost to the Crown was offset by benefits
Official Cash Rate (OCR) cuts also boosted the economy – but in a different way. They influenced shorter-term…