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No surplus in sight: Creative accounting used to mask deterioration in Govt books
Debt issuance is expected to rise by more than expected.
How many years will NZ be in deficit? Treasury to reveal updated forecast
Will spending cuts alone get the books back into surplus?
A financial crunch is coming, Treasury's Dominick Stephens warns
An ageing population will mean the Government needs more tax, Treasury says.
Parliament sets itself free, and gives security guards greater powers
Parliament, not the Government, will decide how much money it needs.
Outgoing Treasury boss calls for capital gains tax and superannuation changes
Caralee McLiesh says structural changes are required to address NZ's structural deficit.
Rate cut sparks biggest rally in NZ shares in two years
OPINION: Federal Reserve expected to cut rates, potentially boosting market performance.
Are central banks good doctors? Comparing RBNZ and US inflation strategies
OPINION: How the RBNZ's cautious monetary policies have over-treated the NZ economy.
Matthew Hooton: Wellington bureaucracy faces criticism for intellectual timidity
OPINION: Ministers are frustrated that mandarins remain stuck in the do-nothing era.
Global IT outage a cashless wake-up call? Reserve Bank says keep physical cash for emergencies
Last Friday's CrowdStrike failure saw many unable to buy necessities as computers crashed.
Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?
ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.
Treasury set to axe 50 jobs
Final numbers cannot be confirmed until Budget decisions are announced in May.
Slow growth won't stop income tax cuts, Nicola Willis says
A return to surplus by 2026-27 remains in question.
Letters: Why we need to pay more tax; a better Auckland stadium site
OPINION: "NZ will have to learn to make sacrifices and save."
Spending limits for next Budget to be revealed
Finance Minister Nicola Wills will drop two key Budget dates on Monday.
Editorial: Grim outlook no surprise but political hyperbole unhelpful
OPINION: National must be cautious not to let gloomy rhetoric undercut confidence.
Willis unveils $7.4 billion in cuts as gloomy economy weighs on Government
A gloomy economic outlook - with a silver lining on inflation.
Thomas Coughlan: Why it’s a great time to be in Government
The new Government is having fun - so is the Opposition.
The Govt departments set to switch from Māori to English names
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi was first out of the blocks. Who's next?
'Cheap politics': Labour fires back at Nicola Willis over ferry budget blowout
Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson sheds more light on KiwiRail's ferry conundrum.
Steven Joyce: Centralisation isn’t working - it’s time to trust the regions
OPINION: Health, education, water...if centralisation continues, problems will get worse.
Derek Cheng: How Luxon made room for Act and NZ First without giving up too much
The challenge remains: How to walk the fiscal tightrope while delivering tax cuts.
Steven Joyce: Rolling back regulation will be new Govt's first mission
OPINION: And the other tasks new Government needs to get to work on.
Public Purse: The final $5b of the Covid fight - and the half spent on other priorities
The $5b Covid fund top-up was spent at a record clip - on mostly unrelated plans.
Analysis: Prefu shows next Govt facing tough economic trade-offs
Deteriorating finances mean next Government will have very little spending wiggle room.
Steven Joyce: It’s time to cut back the growing bureaucratic blob
OPINION: Treasury is crystal ball gazing as much as the next economist.
Opinion: We need to talk tourism as election approaches
OPINION: Relationship between tourism and Govt symbiotic; are parties taking it seriously?
'Not great for consulting firms': PM fronts on public service spending crackdown
Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson announced a sweeping package of public service savings.