Where's the shouting from the rooftops, minister?

Where's the shouting from the rooftops, minister?
Finance minister Grant Robertson hasn't usually shied away from self-promotion.
Jenny Ruth
Arguably, runaway house price inflation is the biggest political issue facing the increasingly embattled Labour government.So far at least, nothing it has done has seemed to have any impact, not even its shock decision in March to remove tax deductibility of mortgage interest for landlords.So, did finance minister Grant Robertson call a press conference and shout it to the skies when he decided in principle to greenlight the Reserve Bank adding the ability to limit debt-serviceability ratios to its macro-prudential toolkit? After all this was s...

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