Low inflation puts more pressure on surplus target
“There are going to be some fluctuations,” Bill English says.
Rob Hosking Fri, 13 Feb 2015
For once, inflation is not a problem, as the government prepares for its seventh budget.
Or rather, it is not a problem in the usual way.
Global deflationary pressures and local disinflationary pressures are seeing nominal GDP and real GDP growth converge and that is putting pressure on the