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Economy
ANZ predicts steeper rate hikes to curb inflation
ANZ Bank now sees the official cash rate reaching a peak of 3.5% in April 2023, and inflation as high as 7.4%.
Retail
Big supermarket owners escape major change
Reassessment of supermarkets' profitability appears to be key to recommended changes to promote competition that are at the lower end of possible interventions.
Politics
Pattrick Smellie: The most interesting thing about Chris Luxon’s tax cut speech
Christopher Luxon barely mentioned covid-19 in his state of the nation speech. He is fixed on the state of the economy, and National's best chance to win the next election.
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Few top companies reporting pay gaps
Most big employers are not sharing any information about their employees' pay differences for men, women, and ethnic groups.
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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