Employment

Treasury has issues with advice quality and staff over-work

17 Oct 18, 3:30pm

Treasury head Gabriel Maklouf says providing the new Government with advice on complex issues 'had an impact on the quality of what we could deliver' and also had an impact on the wellbeing of Treasury staff
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Risks-a-plenty dampen economist's growth forecasts

12 Oct 18, 5:02am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Infometrics' Gareth Kiernan sees enough speed bumps on the horizon to slow economic growth more than the market expects; says it's time for LVRs to be eased
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Twin objectives & committee decision making; The future of monetary policy

3 Oct 18, 9:24am

Brian Fallow

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Brian Fallow delves into the multifaceted debate around the proposed overhaul of the Reserve Bank's monetary policy framework
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Another bad survey for the Govt

2 Oct 18, 10:09am

David Hargreaves

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Latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion shows worst level of business confidence since March 2009
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The Trump trade war recession?

2 Oct 18, 9:23am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin says the Trump tariffs could end the conditions that justified them. Something similar happened before, during the most famous trade mistake in US and global history: the 1930s Smoot-Hawley tariffs
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Machines will do half our work by 2025

30 Sep 18, 6:38am

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson argues we must prepare now for the mass upheaval coming as machines take humans' jobs
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House painter jailed for half a million dollars of tax evasion

27 Sep 18, 4:48pm

David Hargreaves

23 comments

The owner of 'No Stress Decorators' has been sentenced to 26 months in prison after failing to file any tax returns
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ACC's hefty road user levy hikes

27 Sep 18, 11:15am

David Hargreaves

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ACC's proposing a 12.1% hike in the average motor vehicle levy for road users, including a 1.9c per litre increase for petrol
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China for the trade win?

25 Sep 18, 7:45am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin says it will take a long time to see how the US-China trade confrontation shakes out, and meantime we’ll see both sides alternately throwing and absorbing punches and the winner could even be a third party that may not exist yet
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It's spreading...

19 Sep 18, 9:55am

David Hargreaves

142 comments

Westpac McDermott Miller survey shows the collapsing confidence contagion is spreading, with the lowest level of consumer confidence in six years
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Eyes on the RBNZ after GDP figures

18 Sep 18, 10:03am

David Hargreaves

28 comments

Economists note that economic growth slower than the central bank is predicting would see growing speculation of future interest rate cuts - but higher growth figures would curtail such speculation
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Chinese growth spurt

17 Sep 18, 9:30am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin relates some short stories about positive events in China, which demonstrate that China has good news, and even some fabulously great news, much of it quite compelling
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China's command innovation

10 Sep 18, 9:18am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin delves deep into China and concludes that if it’s possible for a centrally planned economy to achieve sustainable long-term growth, China will be the one to do it
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RBNZ’s risky assumption clouds OCR outlook

6 Sep 18, 1:25pm

Guest

8 comments

Brad Olsen of Infometrics argues there are clear reasons for the Reserve Bank to leave the Official Cash Rate unchanged over the next year
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Our one-eyed Reserve Bank

31 Aug 18, 1:17pm

Guest

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Against the backdrop of the RBNZ Act review, the NZ Initiative's Roger Partridge argues greater oversight of the RBNZ's role as prudential regulator is required
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What's wrong with 'performance' anyway?

27 Aug 18, 1:45pm

David Hargreaves

30 comments

David Hargreaves argues that the Government's decision to end 'performance' pay for public service CEOs sends a poor signal that bodes ill for the country's productivity
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David Cay Johnston explains Trumponomics, part I

23 Aug 18, 9:28am

David Cay Johnston

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DC Report's David Cay Johnston probes President Trump's claims US wages are rising, concluding they're not except for those who were already making more than $1 million a year
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Regime change at the RBNZ

16 Aug 18, 9:53am

Christian Hawkesby

9 comments

Christian Hawkesby suggests the new Adrian Orr-led regime at the Reserve Bank may result in increased volatility in interest rates and foreign exchange markets
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Former Key and English chief of staff gets new Aussie consulting job

14 Aug 18, 2:52pm

Jason Walls

4 comments

Wayne Eagleson, chief of staff to PMs Key & English, will be paid more than $100,000 for five-months of consulting work for South Australia’s Premier
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