Friday, 30 September 2016

Auckland and Canterbury housing: what next?

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The latest statistics on building consents came out this morning, and I've been keeping an eye on them mainly because Auckland housing ...
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Monday, 26 September 2016

Good books - September '16

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Economics reading has been a bit thin on the ground recently, so instead let me pass on some third party recommendations. Diane Coyle at The...
Thursday, 22 September 2016

Leave well enough alone

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No surprises from the Reserve Bank in this morning's review of the Official Cash Rate - it was held at 2.0%, as widely expected (in thi...
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Tuesday, 20 September 2016

And now for something completely different...

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...namely Ann Pettifor presenting at last night's Law and Economics Association of New Zealand (LEANZ) meeting in Auckland, on the top...
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Monday, 19 September 2016

What's behind the slide in optimism?

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The latest quarterly Westpac McDermott Miller survey of consumer confidence came out this morning, and much of it was pretty positive. But ...
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Monday, 12 September 2016

Unions and collective agreements

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Our revamped Household Labour Force Survey now collects information on union membership and on types of employment agreement, which sounded ...
Friday, 9 September 2016

The net benefit test

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In some recent posts ( 'Your competition law exam question' and 'That competition law question' ) I've been asking if t...
Wednesday, 7 September 2016

The Aussies are moving ahead. Meanwhile, in New Zealand....

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On Monday the Aussie Treasury came out with the draft legislation to reform their equivalent of our Commerce Act. The announcement is here ,...