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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.

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.

Is it all over for the economic boom?

ANZ economists see cause for optimism and forecast V-shaped recovery after sharp GDP hit.

Liam Dann: Why forecast interest rate hikes are a huge relief

Debate on the rise of inflation is running hot, thankfully Adrian Orr isn't picking sides.