Are we talking ourselves into recession?
Economy

Shamubeel Eaqub: Are we talking ourselves into recession?

Even if NZ is in recession, it just might be short-lived. The real issue may be debt.

Shamubeel Eaqub 06 Jul 2022
NZ – winning at unaffordable houses
Property

Shamubeel Eaqub: NZ – winning at unaffordable houses

It turns out we don’t need help from migrants to bid up house prices.

Shamubeel Eaqub 18 Jun 2021
The Reserve Bank's shrinking chance to save itself
Finance Best of BusinessDesk

Shamubeel Eaqub: The Reserve Bank's shrinking chance to save itself

The Reserve Bank appears tone-deaf and intellectually lazy as the threat to its independence gathers political steam, warns Sense Partners economist Shamubeel Eaqub.

Shamubeel Eaqub 07 Jan 2021
SHAMUBEEL EAQUB: On free money
Finance

Shamubeel Eaqub: SHAMUBEEL EAQUB: On free money

Sense Partners economist Shamubeel Eaqub was surprised recently to find that the Social Credit party had made him a poster-boy, along with various other well-known New Zealand economic luminaries, for the idea that all governments need do to fix their economic problems is print a...

Shamubeel Eaqub 13 May 2020