Unemployment rate rises to 4.2%, worst still to come
Unemployment data for first quarter indicates economy was in good shape before crisis.
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Steven Joyce: Employers on cusp of laying off staff, cannot wait for Budget
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Contraction exceeds economists' forecasts for a 4% decline in output
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Discussion paper suggests novel starting points for Covid-19 economic and social rebuild.
Bryce Wilkinson: That old snake oil theory that central bank credit is a free lunch
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Peters punts up policies that would make New Zealand 'great again'.
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Local businesses getting back to work under alert level three.
Negative interest rates likely this year - Westpac
Westpac economists say the Reserve Bank will be forced to cut OCR below zero this year.
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Brian Fallow: Four vital elements to lift spending out of lockdown
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Hamish Rutherford: MPs should not diminish the struggles of business
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Matthew Hooton: Bureaucrats must end silly games with PM or be sacked
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Reserve Bank to axe loan-to-value ratios
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