{"id":448820,"date":"2026-05-28T03:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448820\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:43:07","slug":"balanced-books-are-now-in-sight-willis-says-as-forecast-shows-earlier-return-to-surplus-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/448820\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Balanced books are now in sight,&#039; Willis says, as forecast shows earlier return to surplus &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxPdGZHMWxnY24zY1NweWxOcXRJeWdzcG1zYUo5Y1ZZaWJmSjY3dHczME83NDUzVUphM1I2WVlXZWtVMHlzcDBabkVNazdCUXM0R2gwem1WYTljVm9BeThSVzZvTmo3clB5aUFfclNCZDZPWFBZN0JJT1NNRW1hZ2JMWm1HaHFKYW42T0ZYNnRHUW9fZXFINUdPbnZ4aEd1V1diVVAtTzZnZUFTb2xHSUlPSzI4LXRnUFVzRkdJQmRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Balanced books are now in sight,&#8217; Willis says, as forecast shows earlier return to surplus<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxNS1NFSldqTWhybkw0Qk1hN1VjMWM4NGtxdi0weUdIT2M1aVJjd1c4RE5NNjN3NWlKZHYzYXQxOHJzMEZaYlVfalBSWFpZQzhsZ0tRcjZ5QmVYbXhCeEdUQWVFSnRoMmpGNTN6c2RRZngyRW0wNjlDTTRsbHFkRXNWY0lWb3VkNmNlTnFJU0FFR2NZNkROUkhzNDNYdU0tX3hFY05IRVRwREhKX2NsbTJVUWRkcWhMTW1kUVdhdDZycDFPZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Budget 2026 at a glance: The big changes, winners and losers &#8211; what you need to know<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxNeHpsejUteDViYnBCNGxWamVieW1sR0x3QVhtcVlXY2Vva3pOdVBHamlSdWFpeVhqNW0xM0tvWE1EbnYtN1RGUnJjVnZXRzQxMWZYQUN3aWlRSmVUZzZ3U0h3YVNEZEpreTlRbkFxMmhWXzE2cVFMb0dRYnZucHFFZXhMV3p3QmgxNXQ5WnVlbEZLQ1A3amRJOEVFZTNVejFYbXdWRzYyTHA1MmJvbG1jczM3OXhIWXRFR3RuUC0tUFV3YkNqNTN5Y29HSmNrR0hQcFdEUWJBZTRTRWJ2SVZicFZHTEk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;We will bounce back&#8217;: Schools and hospitals the winners in Budget, banks get surprise tax<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOSVpqaDQ0eWN4WHZZNnM2ak8wRHhLa2cyVmxQOTNfaTBCbURtbWU4ZWxiUVRXN0ZGaFlyMnZXRV9DY1dqaGN5VlgzZ29TRDI4dW52Y1JLUE01dWVkZXJhZURsN2lfWVhPRzVHbjNjX2J6alV4X0FyT2JsalFfY2UzSnBuMHZPWnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Sugar hits\u2019 kept to a minimum, the Budget at a glance<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxNdWZIOE4wcjRGZjlUZlhEamhVU013d1g4Y0RDSXlKSVZUYlJuUHhFZ0Mtc25VanpfQUtDb3pSUkFjSXFzZmZHQjlFWEUtOGFzTTVweEpnbnp3VjlSTGtMRC1PR3NPYXVPSUJ2UndnR05BTXJDV1VPRVljX2M2eTc5SlpZV3NKbWJTUFc1X1RTejAtRkgyQ3hON3d3eWw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Willis opts for hammer over carrot with building-heavy Budget<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Newsroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Balanced books are now in sight,&#8217; Willis says, as forecast shows earlier return to surplus&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffBudget 2026 at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-448820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}