The way the Government rolled back 33 pay equity claims lodged under the last government’s pay equity legislation was clumsy at best. The changes were made under urgency and applied retrospectively. Read more
A book currently climbing the German best-seller charts caught my attention recently, not least because its title poses a question that seems at once paradoxical and profound. Jan Loffeld’s Wenn nichts fehlt, wo Gott fehlt (“When nothing is missing where God is missing”) examines a growing phenomenon across Western societies that transcends conventional secularisation. Read more
1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 This submission on the Public Finance Amendment Bill is made by The New Zealand Initiative (the Initiative), a Wellington-based think tank supported primarily by major New Zealand businesses. Read more
Housing and Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop released his Going for Housing Growth discussion document last month, promising a new paradigm for planning in New Zealand. The proposals are the latest waypoint in a reform journey spanning nearly a decade. Read more
| GDP Quarterly Change: | 0.25% |
|---|---|
| GDP Annual Change: | -0.70% |
| Inflation: | 2.18% |
| Optimal OCR: | 2.80% |
| Optimal OCR Gap: | -0.50% |
| Forecasted OCR Change: | 0.00% |
