Cavoodles, COVID and the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
As we complete our Christmas shopping, the Aussie Bureau of Statistics has studied how COVID has changed our spending patterns. This is...
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rmacculloch
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Is this how King Charles III will look on NZ's bank notes?
The Bank of England has unveiled the portrait of King Charles that will be used on their new bank notes, to be released in 2024. It will...
rmacculloch
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
Newsflash: Christmas Sales are Bust and Boom, both at the Same Time, according to Kiwi Media Inc.
According to Newshub today, Christmas sales are bust: "Orr warned Kiwis to be prudent with their spending this Christmas. It appears that...
rmacculloch
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
Forecasting House Prices: DownToEarth disagrees with Treasury & Sir John Key. Let's see who wins.
The Treasury are forecasting house prices will start bouncing back to match their previous all-time high late in 2026, on the back of...
rmacculloch
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
NZ Treasury forecasts stagflation after RBNZ Governor boldly told the world it was .. a world away
The NZ Treasury and RBNZ are now both forecasting rising unemployment, a recession next year and inflation way above its 1-3% target...
rmacculloch
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Otago Medical School vs China's Top Medical Officer
Remember Prof. Baker, from Otago Medical School? He argued elimination of Covid was "sustainable", would become "more feasible" with...
rmacculloch
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
I know David Seymour. He's no "arrogant prick". But PM Ardern's economics advisers are full of them.
The PM called the leader of the ACT Party, David Seymour, an "arrogant prick" today. David is, by the way, the Member of Parliament who,...
rmacculloch
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
A top Kiwi economist blames "bureaucratic bloat" for NZ Universities "decline down the OECD ladder"
Although it seldom features in the mainstream media, one of the many strategic mistakes Labour has committed these past few years has...
rmacculloch
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
Guest Post by Sir Roger Douglas: Why a Lack of Imagination Threatens Our Future
This post was written by Sir Roger Douglas, New Zealand Minister of Finance, 1984 - 1988. The poverty of thought that lay at the heart of...
rmacculloch
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
PM Ardern's "Creepy" Economic Strategy for Election 2023
Labour's economic strategy for 2023 is being revealed. Yesterday PM Ardern suggested the Government is looking at income support...
rmacculloch
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
On Minister Mahuta and the Advocacy of Supermajorities by (leftist & rightist) economists
We try to be non-partisan on this blog, taking issue with left and right alike. And on that note, Kiwi rightists are currently agitated...
rmacculloch
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Reserve Bank of Australia just went and made the RBNZ look reckless
In a bunch of radio interviews these past weeks, I've argued that the RBNZ should not have over reacted to inflation (having under...
rmacculloch
- Dec 6, 2022
- 1 min
Scientific Evidence proving MP Jackson shouldn't rubbish links between media bias & public funding
MP Willie Jackson belittled claims that there's a link between public funding and media bias a few days ago. Speaking to Q + A's Jack...
rmacculloch
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
The Gutless Commerce Commission Strikes Again: Break up Fletchers
All of my life, the dominant position of Fletchers in the construction industry has been discussed. In some ways the firm has been the...
rmacculloch
- Dec 5, 2022
- 2 min
Is ACT libertarian on non-economic issues & socialist on economic ones? Looks (quite a bit) like it.
When it comes to non-economic, moral issues, ACT regularly shows off its "libertarian" credentials. For example, the party lobbied hard &...
rmacculloch
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Is being a Kiwi Backbench Member of Parliament "a rubbish job"?
There was a time when former Finance Minister, Bill English, used to have an Academic Advisory Economics Group I used to attend. I...
rmacculloch
- Dec 2, 2022
- 1 min
National & ACT copy Labour's Tax Policies: more Evidence the Kiwi Right is Intellectually Bankrupt
Hot on the heels of National Party Leader Chris Luxon saying he would not be dropping the top tax rate from 39 to 33 cents should he win...
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