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<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Decent stimulus in today's Budget
The Budget avoids the potential trap of being too austere and fiscally virtuous too soon, when the recovery is still in a young, frost-tender stage.
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<i>Brian Fallow :</i> Bollard's cut and paste job no bad thing
It does not inspire confidence to have wild swings in the central bank's view of the economic outlook and what it is likely to do.
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<i>Brian Fallow:</i> Little force in Key's speech
Business is unlikely to be blown away by the boldness of the vision outlined in today's agenda-setting speech.
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<i>Brian Fallow: </i> Alan Bollard's photocopy OCR
Brian Fallow: This morning's interest rate decision for the Reserve Bank is almost a photocopy of the last one on December 10.
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<i>Brian Fallow</i>: ETS will cost our children
Weakening the incentive to reduce emissions means they will peak higher and later.