Cameron Bagrie

$13.5 million for “could bring” 23.000 visitors? That’s $587 per visitor. That’s almost paying the airfare for an Aussie arrival. Live: Government announces $13.5m to ‘turbocharge’ tourism numbers | Stuff https://t.co/wnkz5WMW5S

I asked for numbers behind this straight away via the Ministers office. Referred to MOD to provide data. Still waiting. What’s the problem providing data points? Multi-billion dollar Defence plan unveiled | ⁦@JudithCollinsMP⁩ ⁦@NZNationalParty⁩ https://t.co/3OniGmMRjC

Great day. While short on details there is teeth in this. The market is not working so you address the problem, which is market structure. Supermarkets ‘on notice’, face break-up threat: Willis | BusinessDesk https://t.co/P6qsN5QaJz

Great stuff. Problem will be the supply side and whether we have capacity to produce the stuff. We need that plan.

NZ National Party @NZNationalParty

Doubling our exports means more opportunities and a growing economy to help Kiwis get ahead. https://t.co/U9nDv5xhaY

How about we keep disagreements and different views respectful and not spiteful? Use of the *uck word just a reflection of the poster

Maria Sherwood @MariaSherwood2

Jesus, just because Trump did it, doesn't make it needed in Aotearoa. Fuck off. https://t.co/wpLEdqzPWU

We could do with the same clean out across a number of other nzx listed firms

If NZ loses a notch for its institutional rating when they review the central government we fall into the AA rating, down from AA+. Central government policy churn drags down local government credit ratings | BusinessDesk https://t.co/7XgViasFTC

What’s the odds NZ does the same and raises defence spending and cuts the foreign aid budget. Any funding increase for defence will need to come from multiple areas. UK defence spending to rise to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 -| Politics News | Sky News https://t.co/Pi1JkqCUzj

Notification from genesis today. Electricity fixed line +13%.Electricity +11.6%. Gas fixed line +24%. Gas +29%. Mercury sees average 9.7% power price rise from April - NZ Herald. Here comes some non economically sensitive inflation the RBNZ can’t control https://t.co/VkiG0fUGvI

Interesting….

Bryce Edwards @bryce_edwards

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Big issue here is the banks, pricing for risk via margins but not taking a lot. High ROE but low standard deviation of returns across the business cycle

Dan Brunskill @dan_brunskill

"Risk has become an overly dominant feature of discussion. If we focused on creating value as much as we manage risk, what would that look like? What impact would it have on our productivity?" https://t.co/kZiZsjJNzF

I’m doing a Sunday evening straight shooting economic update each week. 8pm covering local and global developments. It’s recorded so can be replayed. Small charge. https://t.co/Dyw0gfkOiJ

$3 per litre given 56 cent nzd/usd and Dubai oil price around $76 per barrel. But lower currency good for exporters. Petrol prices set to rise as foreign sanctions, weak NZ dollar bite - NZ Herald https://t.co/2ThgWwomys

Bugger. The word is getting out about twizel. Just got off the lake. Magical. The ‘packed in summer’ town feeling the pressure of a tourism boom | Stuff https://t.co/kOJ5KfOAbk

Unemployment. Global turmoil and housing/interest rate the top three issues for economists in 2025. My 1#was division, 2# was productivity and 3# non tradable inflation/fiscal policy. Economists pick the three big issues for NZ in 2025 - NZ Herald https://t.co/mDVpYZwalB

RT @businessdesk_nz: .@cameronbagrie: The potential for a rating downgrade will linger over the coming year.  #Opinion https://t.co/B9vImnl…

Haven’t seen coverage of IPSOS issues monitor. Inflation 1# at 56% saying it’s top 3 concern. Health at record high of 40% and 2#. Economy 3# 29%. Crime 4# 28% (down from 35%). Housing 5# 27%. The Issues Monitor is a good mood of the nation guide. Health rising is notable.