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- Have you curbed your entertaiment spending recently?
New Zealanders tightened the purse strings last month, becoming increasingly unwilling to buy larger durable items such as appliances and furniture, new data suggests.
The electronic card transaction figures for June, released by Statistics New Zealand today, are a blow to hopes that green shoots of recovery are gaining strength in the economy.
Have you curbed your spending recently? Here is the latest selection of Your Views: