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Podcast: Eric Crampton, Matthew Birchall and Scott Wilson on funding and financing NZ's roads

Scott Wilson joins Eric Crampton and Matthew Birchall to discuss the petrol excise holiday, sustainability of the land transport funding system, and what better options might be for the funding and financing of New Zealand roads in the future. To listen to our latest podcasts, please subscribe to The New Zealand Initiative podcast on iTunes, Spotify or The Podcast App. Read more

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2 August, 2022

Focus on price stability

The Initiative’s reports often attract media attention. Nothing, however, could have prepared us for the storm following the release of How central bank mistakes after 2019 led to inflation. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Insights Newsletter

29 July, 2022

Media release: Foresight economics correctly predicted New Zealand’s loss of price stability

Wellington (Thursday, 28 July 2022): In response to criticism of the Reserve Bank’s performance over the past four years, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance have accused critics of applying ‘hindsight economics’. Nothing could be further from the truth. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

Dr Bryce Wilkinson

Media Release

28 July, 2022

Inflation, recession, or both?

Whiplash occurs when the body is moving fast in one direction and is abruptly jerked back in the opposite direction. It can be very painful, lethal even. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson

NZ Herald

28 July, 2022

Six inflation mistakes that central banks make

Since 2019, central banks have presided over perhaps the largest monetary stimulus the world has ever seen. Despite this, the surge in inflation surprised them. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson

Australian Financial Review

27 July, 2022

How central bank mistakes after 2019 led to inflation

A research note released today by The New Zealand Initiative mainly attributes the outbreak of inflation in many economies to central bank mistakes. Co-authored by Graeme Wheeler, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, and Bryce Wilkinson, Senior Research Fellow at The New Zealand Initiative, the paper argues that central banks overall: were too confident about their monetary policy framework; were too confident about their models; were too confident they could control output and employment; lost their focus on price stability and took on too many mandates; faced conflicts in some cases with conflicting ‘dual mandate’ objectives; and were distracted by extraneous political objectives, such as climate change. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson

Graeme Wheeler

Research Note

26 July, 2022

The return of the rent-seeking society

A long queue of people form a circle. Each has a coin purse slung over a shoulder. Read more

Dr Eric Crampton

Insights Newsletter

22 July, 2022

Inflation in NZ

Inflation in New Zealand has been on the rise (7.3 percent last quarter) as have the attempts to explain it. The RBNZ points to strong global economic activity, supply disruptions, and the Ukraine war. Read more

Dr Dennis Wesselbaum

Insights Newsletter

22 July, 2022

The case for gloom is a case for action

New Zealand’s economic and social decline is slowly receiving greater recognition amongst journalists and commentators. The litany of woes is daunting. Read more

Dr Bryce Wilkinson

NZ Herald

22 July, 2022

Oliver Hartwich discusses the bleak economic outlook for New Zealand on The Bolt Report

Dr Oliver Hartwich appears on The Bolt Report, Sky News, to discuss the bleak economic outlook for New Zealand. Read more

Dr Oliver Hartwich

The Bolt Report, Sky News

20 July, 2022

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