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Card spending flat in September: Stats NZ
The spending downturn has been 'arrested', says Westpac Economist Satish Ranchhod.
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Pattrick Smellie: Learning to love foreign direct investment
The Government is sprucing up the welcome mat for foreign investment.
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Luxon pitches Irish-style welcome
Luxon thinks NZ should lay out the welcome mat for multinationals the way the Irish do.
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A record 81,200 Kiwis departed in year to August
New Zealand’s annual net migration gain continues to dwindle as fewer migrants arrive and Kiwis continue to depart in record numbers.Stats NZ provisional data for the year to August also shows a big rise in the departure of recent migrants.The net migration gain of 53,800 in the...
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