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RBNZ eyed for hints of negative rates, massive money printing
Two questions are on people’s minds for next week's policy review: will the Reserve Bank signal the official cash rate could go negative and how much money is it planning to print?
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BUDGET 2020: Next week's budget far from business as usual - Robertson
Covid-19 is a “1-in-100 year shock” and next week’s budget "is far from business as usual," Finance Minister Grant Robertson said. “The Budget this year is just one staging post in our fight against, and recovery from, covid-19,” he told the Wellington Chamber of Commerce in a...
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Budget 2020: Chance to 'build back better' as virus 'resets the clock'
Next Thursday's Budget will be the first outing for the government's vision not only to recover from the massive shock of the response to covid-19, but to "build back better."
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Little comfort in 'robust' labour market figures
Local jobs numbers looked good in the March quarter but are of little comfort, given the rising number of layoffs and unemployment benefit claims.
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