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Patrick Bolton, et al. say any repayment freeze to help emerging economies withstand COVID-19 must include all private creditors
The National Party's associate finance spokesperson sets out the policy initiatives he will advocate for during the upcoming stages of recovery
Kernel's Dean Anderson, who manages index funds, takes a critical look at the performance of his rivals, active fund managers, as everyone battles through the markets in a pandemic
Russell Jones says the COVID-19 epidemic has to affect the viability of Auckland’s public transport infrastructure investments, and the recent changed behaviour may never fully return
Trust lawyer Tammy McLeod says a large proportion of Trusts are now likely not needed. She backgrounds their rise, their ensuing irrelevance, and identifies the remaining reasons a Trust might still be valuable
Massey's Christoph Schumacher assesses the economic costs of the lockdown on New Zealand and how they would grow under the various levels
Gordon Brown and Larry Summers say early action on debt relief for developing economies will mitigate the global recession and limit the human costs
Mariana Mazzucato shows why only a forward-looking, entrepreneurial state can save the system from itself
Willem Buiter explains why COVID-19 has made comprehensive state intervention in the economy both necessary and urgent
Kiwi in China Joseph Judd says there’s enough evidence available to warrant an urgent review and change in New Zealand’s current stance on the use of face masks
Willem Buiter compares the plans for monetary-financed deficit spending in the United States, Britain and Europe
Motu researchers on bookshops keeping close from a distance, cows and their unique moos, the best pandemic books, the gift of Fitbit data and how civic technology can help stop the pandemic
Murray Grimwood says its time to abandon the ship of modern financial life and lower our expectations to a long-term, energy-sustainable lifestyle that doesn't plunder earth's resources. He sees a different future
Juergen Braunstein, et al. see the pandemic accelerating a shift toward digital payments - and away from pathogen-carrying banknotes
ANZ New Zealand economists call for RBNZ quantitative easing 'in the ballpark of' $15 billion to $20 billion annually to soothe financial markets and ease bank funding costs
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg points out that the same data-driven technologies we love to fear and hate are now helping to save lives
Anders Aslund says the absence of US leadership in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will have dire economic consequences
Westpac CEO David McLean details the bank's efforts to combat climate change, saying banks need to make it easier for their customers to take action on climate change
Kevin Sampson wants to see more pressure applied to all businesses at all levels to actually work at improving productivity, better competition regulation, and a rising minimum wage to keep the pressure on
Larry Hatheway explains how policymakers can get ahead of the epidemic's negative global economic repercussions
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Fast real-time payments are coming, making life much easier for consumers and opening up new revenue channels for banks. But some key components need to be in place to get wide adoption
29th Feb 20, 5:36am
by Guest
Fast real-time payments are coming, making life much easier for consumers and opening up new revenue channels for banks. But some key components need to be in place to get wide adoption
Diane Coyle call on governments to develop a plan for managing new critical data resources before it is too late and captured by Big Tech
27th Feb 20, 11:00am
by Guest
Diane Coyle call on governments to develop a plan for managing new critical data resources before it is too late and captured by Big Tech
Homeownership has long been touted as the great Kiwi dream, but not everyone’s looking for a permanent fix. Jihee Junn explores the rising phenomenon of renters by choice
The World Gold Council says a quick resolution to the COVID-19 emergency won't have much impact, but wider lingering economic effects could raise the gold price sharply
Massey University's GDP Live team with the ageing, shrinking, Japanese population, the bug with the billion dollar bite, flexible workspaces, coronavirus price gouging, the re-rise of Aussie houses and is the world now ready for plant-based meat?