The Case against the RBNZ and Finance Minister
Today I wrote an Opinion Piece for the NZ Herald which is on the front page of their publication on the web. You can read it below or at...
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rmacculloch
- Apr 22, 2022
- 4 min
There Is No Kiwi Dream. Only a Dream of Property Ownership.
My regular column in the National Business Review came out yesterday. You can read it here, https://www.nbr.co.nz/node/233924, or below:...
rmacculloch
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Blaming our Inflation on the Rest of the World may seriously backfire on the PM and Finance Minister
Inflation is running rampant in NZ. "I expect that it will be rising as it is right around the world", says the Finance Minister today....
rmacculloch
- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
The RBNZ's official cash rate increase will have little effect on inflation
It has been amusing to read the commentators in the mainstream media discuss the Reserve Bank's Official Cash Rate (OCR) rise. They...
rmacculloch
- Apr 12, 2022
- 1 min
Have former PM Key & current PM Ardern's governments smashed the mental health of Kiwi youth?
Trends in Wellbeing in Aotearoa New Zealand: 2000-2020 has been released. Take a read of the following: "The proportion of people aged...
rmacculloch
- Apr 12, 2022
- 2 min
The Reserve Bank on Inequality in the Labour Market
Not much seems to be going on at the Reserve Bank of NZ in terms of research output these days, so when it does publish an article &...
rmacculloch
- Apr 11, 2022
- 2 min
(Mindblowing) Stats about NZ's Cost-of-Living Crisis
Our government has been engaged in a misleading media campaign selling the message to Kiwis that our cost-of-living is exceptionally high...
rmacculloch
- Apr 8, 2022
- 2 min
Fact Checking Attorney General Parker
Newshub has reported how David Parker has slammed National Party Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis for saying his government is...
rmacculloch
- Apr 6, 2022
- 1 min
Good on Nanaia Mahuta for adopting a Down to Earth Kiwi policy by putting punitive taxes on Russia
Almost a month ago, we wrote a blog advising the Kiwi government to "Tax Russian imports to NZ - don't make them illegal". The reason was...
rmacculloch
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Professor Baker self-declares NZ's Covid strategy an economic success in the UK Guardian
In an extraordinary article in the UK Guardian, Professor Michael Baker tells British readers, "By most metrics, the NZ Covid-19 response...
rmacculloch
- Apr 3, 2022
- 2 min
A trillion dollar scandal, officiated over by the NZ Attorney General
The bi-partisan supported Enabling Housing Supply Act affects a large chunk of the housing stock of NZ, which is valued at around $1.5...
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