Can the government pivot?
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Cameron Bagrie: Can the government pivot?

Policy responses to covid-19 have produced a surprisingly overheating economy. Will the government tamp the brakes or hurtle along on current settings?

Cameron Bagrie 09 Dec 2021
Taming the beast that's inflation
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Cameron Bagrie: Taming the beast that's inflation

The RBNZ’s job is not going to be easy over the coming years. There are myriad forces at play and reading the tea leaves will be tough.  

Cameron Bagrie 29 Nov 2021
Auckland's endgame isn't hard to imagine
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Cameron Bagrie: Auckland's endgame isn't hard to imagine

The number of people leaving Auckland in a year for somewhere else in NZ is equivalent to the entire population of Oamaru.

Cameron Bagrie 28 Oct 2021
Rethinking post-covid optimism
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Cameron Bagrie: Rethinking post-covid optimism

What if it turns out that the first year of covid was the easy part for the NZ economy?

Cameron Bagrie 15 Oct 2021