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How real-time data can lead to better decisions on everything from NZ’s interest rates to business investment

How real-time data can lead to better decisions on everything from NZ’s interest rates to business investment

New Zealanders have often been frustrated with crucial economic decisions being made using months’-old data. A new tool is starting to bridge that...

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Dennis Wesselbaum

Willis warns of a ‘tight’ budget to come, but NZ should be going for productivity, not austerity

Austerity has become the global default response to tough economic times. But New Zealand should be prioritising investment over cuts to foster...

30.04.2025 30

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Dennis Wesselbaum

5 years on from its first COVID lockdown, NZ faces hard economic choices – but rebuilding trust must come first

The pandemic – and the emergency responses to it – laid bare fissures in New Zealand society, while permanently shifting the way many live,...

03.04.2025 6

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Dennis Wesselbaum

Calculating the economic cost of climate change is tricky, even futile – it’s also a distraction

Our energies would be better spent tackling the tangible effects of global heating than debating the future dollar value of failing to act.

25.02.2025 20

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Dennis Wesselbaum