Government urged to abandon its programme of spending cuts
Prolonging recession is a policy choice, economists say.
The letter says hospitality is one of the sectors that risks being undermined by the Government's fiscal policy.
A group of economists have told Prime Minister Christopher Luxon the Coalition Government’s fiscal policy is making the recession worse.
In a letter to Luxon, copied to Finance Minister Nicola Willis, they said the Government’s focus on government debt was too narrow. They also believed it
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