As we complete our Christmas shopping, the Aussie Bureau of Statistics has studied how COVID has changed our spending patterns. This is...

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...

According to Newshub today, Christmas sales are bust: "Orr warned Kiwis to be prudent with their spending this Christmas. It appears that...

The Treasury are forecasting house prices will start bouncing back to match their previous all-time high late in 2026, on the back of...

The NZ Treasury and RBNZ are now both forecasting rising unemployment, a recession next year and inflation way above its 1-3% target...

Remember Prof. Baker, from Otago Medical School? He argued elimination of Covid was "sustainable", would become "more feasible" with...

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,...

Although it seldom features in the mainstream media, one of the many strategic mistakes Labour has committed these past few years has...

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...

Labour's economic strategy for 2023 is being revealed. Yesterday PM Ardern suggested the Government is looking at income support...

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...

In a bunch of radio interviews these past weeks, I've argued that the RBNZ should not have over reacted to inflation (having under...

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...

All of my life, the dominant position of Fletchers in the construction industry has been discussed. In some ways the firm has been the...

When it comes to non-economic, moral issues, ACT regularly shows off its "libertarian" credentials. For example, the party lobbied hard &...

There was a time when former Finance Minister, Bill English, used to have an Academic Advisory Economics Group I used to attend. I...

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...