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Continuous Disclosure: How inflationary will the Budget be?
Economist more interested in effect climate plan will have on growth than on inflation.

Business lobby stands by 'worst case' description
BusinessNZ trades blows with union over labour law.

Workplace minister slams BusinessNZ's stance on Fair Pay Agreements
Michael Wood responds to BusinessNZ claims of condemnation by UN agency.

Govt to ban new fossil fuel electricity generation
New coal and gas electricity generation ban unveiled with large Govt funding pledge.

Fair Pay Agreements risk condemnation by UN group - BusinessNZ
BusinessNZ says the proposal will lead to detrimental effects for the country.

Sasha Borissenko: What Depp v Heard trial and Roe v Wade case say about progress for women
Despite the advent of #MeToo, it appears it's a case of one step forwards, two steps back.

Liam Dann: To spend or not to spend? Robertson's big Budget dilemma
The Finance Minister has a tough story to sell as he spends up and talks fiscal restraint.

Editorial: Big correction was overdue but it still hurts
A short, shallow recession may actually be the quickest way to beat inflation.

Two years, 230 social listening reports and a quarter of million dollars
The Government has commissioned 230 "social listening" reports but released just 21.

Grocery prices push food bills higher in April
Latest figures from StatsNZ show prices up significantly on last year.

Housing market: 'Demand has weakened, prices are falling': REINZ
Affordability, uncertainty and changing financial conditions cited as reasons.

US inflation stays at 40-year high
CPI increase of 8.3 per cent in April includes rise in core inflation

First-home buyers under pressure as activity falls to 2014 levels
New data out on buyers and values shows economic conditions taking effect.

Liam Dann: Crash, slump, correction or bust? Call it what you want, it is happening
All the market noise is just the sound of central banks sucking cash out of the economy.

The investigators who found a way to make their values pay
Meet Pathfinder Labs - where work means making a living out of your core values.

Westpac forecasts house prices to fall 15% in two years
Westpac takes far more bearish stand than it had previously.

Q&A: How is unemployment measured? How accurate is it?
Stats NZ's unemployment figure sometimes differs from benefit figures.

Tim Hazledine: How to stop inflation now
OPINION: We've seen this scenario before and seen what to do - so why aren't we doing it?

Cook Islands tourism industry desperate for workers
Cook Islands tourism operators are struggling to find staff.

Why the NZ dollar has dropped US5c in less than a month
The Kiwi is revisiting levels not seen since July 2020.

Brutal reality of burnout: 'Felt like I was going crazy'
Burnout can hit you at the most unexpected moment.

Liam Dann: Tech Wreck 2.0 looms as Wall St melts down again
Big falls on US markets overnight have people talking about the 'Tech Wreck 2.0'.

Opinion: The case against the Reserve Bank and Finance Minister
OPINION: Economics professor says our key inflation tool has been abandoned.

Credit card spending rises in March despite Omicron
Kiwis spent more on their credit cards in March, new data shows.

Sasha Borissenko: 'Work to rule' clause provoking strike action
OPINION: The health system was already under pressure well before the pandemic.

How remote work helped tech companies outside Silicon Valley grow
New York Times: Remote work made normal by pandemic has altered how companies operate.

Liam Dann: Elon Musk and the return of 'the gilded age'
The gilded age, where billionaires made the rules, was not a great time for workers.

Boss sends 'deranged' email amid mass resignation
The boss of a freight start-up's 'deranged' email has copped flak from social media users.

Stock Takes: Will the sharemarket withstand high inflation?
And Netflix loses 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022.