Reserve Bank gets budget boost
By Victoria Young | Fri, 26 Jun 2020
The Reserve Bank has welcomed a significant funding boost that will see its budget increase from $80 million in 2019/20 to $111.7 million next year. Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the increa...
Fast-track consenting will show how broken RMA is - Jones
By Gavin Evans | Thu, 25 Jun 2020
The fast-track process the government is using to speed consenting of a series of housing, rail and roading projects will show the country how broken the Resource Management Act is, Infrastructure Min...
NZ annual trade deficit smallest in six years
By Brent Melville | Thu, 25 Jun 2020
New Zealand's annual trade deficit was the smallest its been in almost six years in May, with the gap between exports and imports narrowing by $1.1 billion compared to April's annual numbers. Expor...
RBNZ says it may still need to do more
By Rebecca Howard | Wed, 24 Jun 2020
The Reserve Bank may need to do more to support the local economy, saying gains from New Zealand's success in beating back covid-19 might not last. “The severe global economic disruption caused by...