Treasury

National cry foul over lack of Treasury consultation

20 Jun 18, 3:04pm

Opposition MPs upset the Treasury did not consult them before releasing a new living standards framework report to the public
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Kiwibuild will be 'a slow grind'

28 May 18, 12:01pm

David Hargreaves

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Westpac economists say the stepping up of Kiwibuild activity will be even 'more gradual' than Treasury's forecasts that have been criticised by the Housing Minister
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Cartoon by Jacky Carpenter. (c) interest.co.nz

Treasury stands by its KiwiBuild forecast, despite strong Government opposition

24 May 18, 1:27pm

Jason Walls

32 comments

Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf says he is “disappointed” with the Housing Minister’s comments that his officials are “kids… disconnected from reality”
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Twyford ‘accepts’ he went too far, but stops short of an apology

22 May 18, 4:05pm

Jason Walls

54 comments

Minister of Housing Phil Twyford says MBIE correctly diagnosed the weakness in the Treasury’s KiwiBuild forecast & they're the ones implementing the policy
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Twyford slams Treasury's accounting around KiwiBuild

18 May 18, 3:58pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

29 comments

MBIE believes the value of residential property investment over the next 5 years will be 2-5 times higher than Treasury projects; Twyford says Treasury's math is 'simply wrong'
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KiwiBuild spend pushed out further into future

17 May 18, 2:14pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

65 comments

Treasury halves forecast progress for KiwiBuild; Government to borrow to build 5,800 new public houses over four years
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Budget 2018: What you need to know before Thursday

14 May 18, 3:07pm

Jason Walls

10 comments

The Finance Minister has spent weeks dampening Budget day expectations but experts say the healthy books will show the Government is on track to deliver its fiscal targets
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Govt's $42 bln capital spending pledge

10 May 18, 12:10pm

David Hargreaves

51 comments

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says ahead of next week's Budget announcement that the Govt will be spending $10 bln more over the next five years than the previous Govt promised; Is that it? asks National's Amy Adams
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Pre-Budget fiscal snapshot: What do the Govt’s books look like?

8 May 18, 3:27pm

Jason Walls

56 comments

Spoiler alert – the Finance Minister has plenty to be happy about, with a surplus almost $1 billion higher than expected
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Time for a new financial sector regulator in New Zealand

4 May 18, 10:32am

Guest

11 comments

Geof Mortlock argues the prudential regulation of banks, insurers and non-bank deposit-takers should be moved from the RBNZ to a new regulatory agency
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Budget responsibility rules: How the Govt can have its cake & eat it too

2 May 18, 11:15am

Jason Walls

9 comments

The Government is being criticised for sticking to its promise to reduce net core Crown debt to 20% of GDP by 2022 – but this commitment does not mean it won’t keep taking on debt, Jason Walls says
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Govt frees up $1.4 billion of funding over 4 years

1 May 18, 10:39am

Jenée Tibshraeny

50 comments

Finance Minister Grant Robertson reveals the Government has freed up $1.4 billion of funding over 4 years through tax changes and reprioritising spending
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AMI's $1.48 billion govt bailout - the real cost blowout from the quakes

25 Apr 18, 7:24am

Jenée Tibshraeny

31 comments

The greater the grillings Gerry Brownlee and Sid Miller receive for EQC’s re-repairs cost blowout, the more evident the lack of scrutiny of former AMI directors becomes
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What a 'wellbeing framework' means for migration

14 Apr 18, 10:31am

Jenée Tibshraeny

33 comments

Why we'd all be better off being more welcoming to migrants' elderly parents and improving the quality of education offered to international students
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Designing economic policies to make people’s lives better

2 Apr 18, 9:13am

Jason Walls

38 comments

It will be a world first and the Treasury is already hard at work developing a wellbeing framework. But what should it include?
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What a 'wellbeing budget' would actually mean

21 Mar 18, 11:59am

Jenée Tibshraeny

26 comments

How future governments' policies and spending priorities will be shaped by both wellbeing and GDP being factored into their decision-making
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RBNZ's Grant Spencer still pining for a debt to income ratio tool

13 Mar 18, 1:17pm

Gareth Vaughan

49 comments

Acting Governor Grant Spencer says upcoming review of RBNZ's macro-prudential tools should add 'carefully designed' debt to income or debt servicing tool
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KiwiBuild - Otherwise known as 'pulling numbers out of your a*#e'

8 Mar 18, 2:34pm

Gareth Kiernan

164 comments

Gareth Kiernan argues Labour’s KiwiBuild policy looks like less of a game-changer for the construction sector & housing affordability than the Govt has made it out to be
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Treasury, IRD highlight risks in extending bright-line test

6 Mar 18, 2:00pm

Jason Walls

23 comments

An impact statement from Treasury and the IRD has revealed compliance with the current 2-year bright-line test is below 50% and this is likely to continue when the test extends to five years
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