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Marc Ablong

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  • 1 week ago | thestandard.org.nz | Michael Reddell |Nick Rockel |Marc Ablong |Bernard Hickey

  • 2 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | John Fitzgerald |David Slack |Marc Ablong

  • 2 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | John Fitzgerald |David Slack |Marc Ablong

    The Coalition government has been sucking money out of the economy and borrowing heavily to fund its opex (operational spending). Arguably, it should be spending more on capex (capital expenditure), especially capital investment that lifts productivity. True to form the Coalition has off-loaded this responsibility to businesses in the private sector through its Investment Boost in Budget 2025, which has been described as a “ticking fiscal time bomb”.

  • 2 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | John Fitzgerald |David Slack |Marc Ablong

    Insolvencies and bankruptcies are at a nine year high. It hasn’t been as bad as this since 2015. Over half a million New Zealanders need food from food banks to actually eat. The New Zealand economy is at least 1% smaller than when National got back into power. 24,700 home loans have fallen behind with banks, and that’s the highest for eight years. . A further 53,000 non-citizens also left us.

  • 2 weeks ago | thestandard.org.nz | John Fitzgerald |David Slack |Marc Ablong

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