Cashed out: Use of paper money continues to decline – Inside Economics
What I am getting at is: is GDP really increasing or is the cash GDP market declining? Mark…
The housing market won’t drive our economic recovery this time, commentator warns – The Front Page
Economic commentator Bernard Hickey warns the conditions that fuelled those past recoveries have changed, and relying on history…
Apollo Stadium site: Chris Bishop investigates Christchurch planning rules
“This is the same power that was used to investigate rules restricting Eden Park’s ability to host major…
New Zealand’s economic freedom is slipping while the world improves – Eric Crampton
The share of overall income earned by the bottom 10% is similar for top-ranking and bottom-ranking countries. Freer…
Do foreign asset sales make us richer or poorer? – Inside Economics
My question is: does this benefit New Zealand’s overseas exchange? First, I would like some clarification on what…
Listen to The Country: Cameron Bagrie on interest rates, inflation and fuel
Scott Mackereth We catch up with the winner, alongside his wife Stacey, of the Share Farmers of the…
Government showstopper events: The $40m gamble that counts happiness as economic success – Kate MacNamara
The related Cabinet paper cast the spending as part of the Government’s Going for Growth strategy. Was there…
‘Turning point’ – Is the recovery real this time? The Economy of Everything
“We’ve reached a turning point,” says Bridgeman, who doesn’t believe the latest concerns about fuel prices will be…
Is NZ’s productivity problem the real economic elephant in the room? – The Front Page
But how many of those policies will actually make New Zealand more productive? University of Otago economics associate…
Inside Economics: ‘An aspirational quality’ – can we trust Treasury forecasts? … plus, oil shock round two
Of course, the “better than expected” numbers were expected. They shouldn’t come as a surprise to regular readers…
El Nino, AI to widen economic growth gap in developing Asia: ADB
Economy India, Malaysia, Vietnam ride on tech exports despite climate and energy shocks A parched rice field in…
Inside Economics: If the economy still sucks, why is the RBNZ hiking rates?
My understanding is that interest rate increases are designed to slow the economy and thereby slow inflation increases.…