ANALYSIS: The second in a series of articles addressing the key issues of NZ’s poor relative productivity.
ANALYSIS: Despite its many strengths, New Zealand’s largest city faces major challenges that could hinder its future growth.
ANALYSIS: How is a country grappling with political and economic challenges dealing with them?
ANALYSIS: The notion of New Zealand as a business-friendly nation has been undermined, raising serious questions about the sustainability of SMEs in the current regulatory landscape.
ANALYSIS: The obvious answer is that the financial markets demanded a drop, and the RBNZ obliged. But...
ANALYSIS: To enhance our productivity we need to create a competitive and appealing environment that attracts global talent and retains our skilled workforce.
ANALYSIS: But... for households, inflation might matter more than GDP.
ANALYSIS: The Asian population doubled in last 10 years and is now bigger than the Māori population. We cannot solely rely on importing a skilled workforce; we have to grow our own people.
ANALYSIS: Until our economy shows spare capacity and the OCR falls, we are no closer to getting out of the woods.
ANALYSIS: The Government could incentivise young adults to stay and contribute to New Zealand’s economic growth.