Willis: With reduced growth comes reduced opportunities

Willis: With reduced growth comes reduced opportunities
The minister speaking to journalists at the University of Waikato economics forum today (Feb 15). (Image: Dileepa Fonseka)
Dileepa Fonseka
Finance minister Nicola Willis says she is expecting no "upside" surprises in forecast government revenues for the upcoming budget."I think when a lot of people saw the update before Christmas of the books, they might have hoped that by budget time, we'd be seeing the upside – more cash coming into the kitty. My message today is that seems unlikely."Willis made the comments to the media this morning (Feb 15), on the first day of the 2024 University of Waikato economics forum. 'Pretty profound human impacts...

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