ANALYSIS: To secure long-term prosperity, we need to rebalance toward the sectors where global growth is strongest.
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.
ANALYSIS: The RBNZ may increase the OCR but inflation has steadily fallen over the past 18 months.
ANALYSIS: There needs to be real effort from central government to provide multiple alternative funding models to address gaps.
ANALYSIS: Taking a look at where New Zealand slots in the United Nations Human Development Index.
