Jenée Tibshraeny: Nicola Willis' Budget preview a sobering reality check
OPINION: Delivery is always tough for the Government - even if the economy was stronger.
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Willis concedes Govt books won't be back in shape quickly
Finance Minister avoids unveiling likely size of Budget 2024.
Govt warned against borrowing to fund tax cuts by IMF - says it could fuel inflation
The international organisation says the Government's purse strings need to be tightened.
Slow growth won't stop income tax cuts, Nicola Willis says
A return to surplus by 2026-27 remains in question.
What the watered down tax on house flippers will look like
Bright-line test to mirror what it looked like under the previous National-led Government.
Deal broken: Property investors to get slightly less tax relief than promised
The interest limitation rule is set to start being phased out during the next tax year.
Opinion: Lessons from Singapore on getting the Govt’s books in shape without paying more tax
OPINION: Observations from a Prime Minister's scholar in Singapore.
Govt spending cuts unlikely to get books back to surplus by 2027
Nicola Willis will 'update' the Government's tax/spend goals.
Revealed: Willis may exempt some trusts from planned tax hike
The Finance Minister won't give details but is confident the changes are affordable.
Opinion: Voters don’t want to hear the fiscal truth
Financial Times: Virtually everyone, except the very rich, feel effects of fiscal reform.
Govt faces billion-dollar Emissions Trading Scheme hole
Why another failed ETS auction wouldn't be a "failure".
Audited version of Crown accounts sees size of deficit shrink
The Government's books were $9.4 billion in deficit over the past year.
Jenée Tibshraeny: Devil's in the detail of major parties' look-alike tax and spend plans
The major parties plan to reduce debt at a similar rate but at a cost to different groups.
The sledgehammer needed to smash unemployment and inflation
A lagging pain from the sting of central bank hikes could start to set in.
Treasury forecasts suggest we're going back to the future
OPINION: Our editorial on why productivity is the golden ticket out of this fiscal rut.
Former PM recalls how chaos, economic alarm spawned big pre-election event
'She and I got together and said: This should never happen again.'
Matthew Hooton: National’s tax plan is a cynical con job
OPINION: Savings must be used to repay our growing debt, not to buy off voters.
Thomas Coughlan: National’s $14.6b tax plan - does it add up?
OPINION: Does the National plan deliver - and do the sums make sense?
Debt blowout: Govt expected to borrow $35b more than planned eight months ago
Economists warn the next government won't have much cash to splash.
Accountants want low-income trusts to be exempt from tax rate hike
Inland Revenue says $17 billion trustee income is under-taxed.
ECB introduces ‘de facto bank tax’ snubbed by RBNZ
Central bank president speaks of "public duty" to conduct monetary policy efficiently.
Nation of Debt: Govt’s seismic borrowing is coming at a huge cost
Government's interest costs match law and order expenditure.
Sticky inflation adversary prompts call to cut public spending
Financial Times: Are governments playing too fast and loose with fiscal policy?
Heavy traffic index up - but 'real' recession still expected
Are we there yet? 'Muddlling' economy a sign of colliding forces, bank says.
Jarden Brief: Markets react quickly to Fed rates decision
New Google AI tech aims to help users visualise apparel on body types.
Australia gets first Budget surplus in 15 years
Billions in incentives for doctors to provide more free consultations, energy bill relief.
No Minister, more spending won't help keep inflation down
Opinion: To sell targeted fiscal spending as keeping inflation under control is a stretch.
Government should do more to curb inflation - OECD
Report says Reserve Bank policy is on track but more support is needed from fiscal policy.
Liam Dann: Why slashing govt spending right now would be a bad idea
How we spend government money matters but austerity policies won't help beat inflation.
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.
Orr clashes with MPs over inflation
Adrian Orr squared off against MPs in Parliament on Thursday.
Bryce Wilkinson: IMF's utopian thinking dangerous for freedoms and prosperity
OPINION: Jacinda Ardern's own advisers could have written the same report.
Liam Dann: Tougher economic year ahead? How dark will it get?
Are we emerging from the grip of Covid straight into a full-blown economic meltdown?
GDP preview: Economy was red-hot. Is that meaningless now?
Strong second-quarter GDP data will provide some confidence for post-lockdown rebound.