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…
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…
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…
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.…
Inside Economics: When can we call it a recovery? The Reserve Bank might have to make the call
“Bad news such as record inflation or increased unemployment makes the front page, so how about some good…
Inside Economics: Have we dodged the inflation bullet?
There have been some positive data in the past few days which hint at both a re-emergence of…
Inside Economics: Is Auckland simply too big for New Zealand’s economy?
I have been interested in the persistent “hidden” recession in Auckland and Wellington. While there are some numbers…
Inside Economics: Why a bad Auckland economy drags the whole country down; plus, the beer tax debate heats up
Perhaps if we acknowledged that more, we’d cheer up and some of that positivity might cheer up Aucklanders…
Inside Economics: Gen Z and millennials delaying life plans as costs soar in New Zealand – Deloitte survey
The global survey polled more than 22,000 Gen Z and millennial workers on a range of topics, from…
Inside Economics: The Opportunity Party’s tax reset won’t fly, so what would they really bring to a coalition?
It seems to me that this is the kind of thinking which is possibly going to become mainstream…
How NZ’s cost-of-living crunch compares with the UK, US, Australia and Canada – Inside Economics
Is what NZers are experiencing the same in other countries, or have we got it worse (or better)?…
Inside Economics: NZ house prices on track for longest downturn in modern history
The longest (in records dating back to 1962) was five years, peak to trough, between 1975 and 1980.…