Opinion

Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Getting real about the coming recession
Economy

Pattrick Smellie: Getting real about the coming recession

Collapsing house prices and rising interest rates will have a huge impact on the 2023 election.

Pattrick Smellie 08 Nov 2022
Reserve Bank is making stuff up
Finance

Jenny Ruth: Reserve Bank is making stuff up

Inflation was already well out of control long before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Jenny Ruth 07 Nov 2022
There are opportunities in listed property
Investments

Warren Couillault: There are opportunities in listed property

Property stocks are valued below their assets' replacement value. Where's the bottom?

Global warming can't be limited to 1.5°C
Climate change

The Economist: Global warming can't be limited to 1.5°C

The world is missing its lofty climate targets and it's time for some realism, the Economist argues in its cover story this week.

The Economist 05 Nov 2022