industry

12 Sep 18, 10:21am

Guest

Bankers' Association Acting CEO Antony Buick-Constable rejects suggestions banks are not playing their part in the construction sector and says bank lending to the sector is at its highest since the GFC
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The company tax conundrum

13 Aug 18, 10:26am

Terry Baucher

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Terry Baucher crunches the numbers around corporate tax and says anybody expecting the Tax Working Group to suggest a cut in the tax is going to be disappointed
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Ebert Construction in receivership

1 Aug 18, 10:45am

David Hargreaves

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'Poorly performing' Auckland projects blamed for tipping construction company over the edge
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What’s driving businesses’ increased R&D investment intentions?

23 Jul 18, 1:24pm

Jason Walls

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New figures show the number of businesses planning on increasing R&D spending has doubled, but is it because of the impending R&D tax credit policy or NZ’s tight labour market?
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The economy shifts down a gear, GDP data shows

15 Mar 18, 11:22am

Jason Walls

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New Zealand’s economy grew by a whisker under 3% last year as GDP data for the fourth quarter of 2017 came in under market expectations – the growth figure is more than 1% off 2016’s figure
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Business confidence rebounds

28 Feb 18, 2:08pm

Jason Walls

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Although the numbers are still nothing to write home about, business confidence is bouncing back after falling to almost decade lows, according to the ANZ Business Confidence Index
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Govt to 'workshop' infrastructure financing plans

19 Feb 18, 11:35am

Jason Walls

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Housing Minister Phil Twyford says he's planning a workshopping event for representatives of the finance community and players in the development and construction sector to help crack NZ’s problems around infrastructure financing
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Prosperity lost

21 Aug 17, 10:38am

Guest

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A paper commissioned by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand says inequality threatens to put a fair share of the country’s prosperity out of reach of many New Zealanders
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Is low pay growth ok when inflation is very low?

2 Aug 17, 11:23am

David Chaston

40 comments

We look at how well pay packets have grown on an after-inflation basis. And we compare that to how our economy has grown on a 'real' basis
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This week's guest Top 10

23 Jun 17, 10:02am

Matt Nolan

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Matt Nolan presents his Top 10 economic principles and capital-labour income shares
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Big NZ media merger torpedoed

3 May 17, 8:42am

David Hargreaves

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Commerce Commission rules that NZ media giants Fairfax and NZME should not be allowed to get together
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This week's guest Top 10

28 Apr 17, 10:02am

Oliver Hartwich

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The New Zealand Initiative's Oliver Hartwich on liberalism in the trenches, elusive grains of sand, Islamic fashion, an apparently unfunny German, the decline of the white working class American man and more
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NZ: Poor policies, poor outcomes - ticking bombs!

15 Jun 16, 10:40am

Guest

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Kerry McDonald analyses the many challenges the country faces and concludes we need effective leadership and recognition that good policy, in a sound strategic framework, is critical
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Managing the great expectations

10 Nov 15, 5:02am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang says the ‘new normal’ growth rate of the Chinese economy will be closer to 6.5%
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Breaking out of the commodity trap

8 Nov 15, 5:02am

Bernard Hickey

30 comments

Bernard Hickey profiles an example of some New Zealand farmers who were able to break out of the commodity trap, thanks to some very special (and expensive) shoes
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Fast food changes in China

3 Nov 15, 5:05am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang says food and food services markets in China are expanding, but keep a look out for changes
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Policy petri dishes

2 Nov 15, 10:28am

Khyaati Acharya

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The NZ Initiative's Khyaati Acharya says there is a strong case for applying the trial-and-error approach of the science lab to policy change
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The Chinese education market - it’s all happening

28 Oct 15, 5:02am

Siah Hwee Ang

Siah Hwee Ang looks at current and likely future trends in Chinese education
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The myths of 'Chindia'

20 Oct 15, 5:05am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang says the comparison of India with China will not go away for some time to come
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Trading in the Chinese Free Trade Zones

13 Oct 15, 5:02am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang says on top of New Zealand’s existing free trade agreement with China, the Chinese FTZs are there to sweeten the deal for our businesses in China
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