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Nation of Debt: New Zealand's great borrowing blowout

Liam Dann
By
Business Editor at Large·NZ Herald·
7 mins to read

Covid-19 has changed the way we live and shaken the foundations of our economy in ways nobody could foresee.

That change has been reflected in the nation's debt profile.

The pandemic's most obvious economic impact is that we are now much deeper in debt - much, much deeper.

And for all the concern about the huge Covid blowout in government borrowing, the housing boom of the past 18 months has seen Kiwis' new mortgage borrowing outpace Grant Robertson's best efforts.

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