Unless you’ve been living under a rock and avoiding the internet entirely (and really who could blame you in an election year) you’ll have seen the controversy about Kiwibank’s new mascot. The problem isn’t the mascot itself – a cute little sheep named Buck. Read more
Virtuous and vicious cycles in policy are both entirely possible. Sometimes at the same time. Read more
Human beings have a tendency to blame and punish others for their misfortunes. The ancient Greeks turned this tendency into a ritual called pharmakos. Read more
This year's NZSIS Security Threat Environment report lists many threats facing New Zealand. But one of the biggest is not on its list: the Government has more useful intelligence than ever before, yet it is not digesting that intelligence fast enough to matter. Read more
| GDP Quarterly Change: | 1.14% |
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| GDP Annual Change: | 2.24% |
| Inflation: | 3.98% |
| Optimal OCR: | 2.99% |
| Optimal OCR Gap: | 0.24% |
| Forecasted OCR Change: | 0.25% |