Productivity still shite, but hope for the future
New Zealand has a productivity problem. Heck, we even have an entire government agency, the Productivity Commission, dedicated […]
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Regional economics expert: Who is Benje Patterson?
Business or pleasure? Who cares. Before getting cosy with someone, you need to get to know what makes […]
Who knows best: businesses or economists?
Economists were surprised yesterday when the Reserve Bank changed tack and put the prospect of an official cash […]
Kiwifruit, plonk and lamb on par with dairy exports!
MPI recently released a bullish set of primary sector export forecasts. But forget MPI’s headline – the big […]
Do we really trust Census 2018?
With 10% of people not filling out Census 2018, will we trust the results? The Census 2018 miscount […]
Be careful reading regional economic headlines
Statistics New Zealand released its regional GDP series yesterday. The data gives a high level snapshot of regional […]
Queenstown Mayor for Minister of Tourism
Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult has announced bold plans for a local referendum on a visitor levy (most likely […]
10 ways to kickstart your financial health
This Top 10 explores ways of getting into financial health and avoiding debt-traps from spending increases to your […]
10 problems with tying up too much money in housing
At the risk of sounding like a bore, this post deals with the housing market. But instead of […]