Supermarkets are sitting ducks for pro-competition regulation
Retail

Cameron Bagrie: Supermarkets are sitting ducks for pro-competition regulation

Inflation is on the rise throughout the economy, making highly profitable and uncompetitive supermarkets an obvious target for government policy action.

Cameron Bagrie 30 Jul 2021
Policies to slay the inflation dragon
Finance

Cameron Bagrie: Policies to slay the inflation dragon

Emerging inflation is a sign of success, but also of challenges to increase the productive capacity of the NZ economy with high inflation becoming entrenched.

Cameron Bagrie 20 Jul 2021
An age-old question: who will pay your pension?
Policy

Cameron Bagrie: An age-old question: who will pay your pension?

Once again, the Treasury projects into the future based on current policy settings, and sees fiscal disaster. That's the point: acting now can change that future.

Cameron Bagrie 06 Jul 2021
Why are floating interest rates so high?
Finance

Cameron Bagrie: Why are floating interest rates so high?

Plaudits to ANZ for its 1.68% floating rate for new build homes. But it should also raise some questions over the gap between floating rates relative to short-term fixed rates.

Cameron Bagrie 28 Jun 2021