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![Derek Cheng: How Luxon made room for Act and NZ First without giving up too much](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'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.
![Govt announces $4b in savings, National says 'too little, too late'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Govt announces $4b in savings, National says 'too little, too late'
Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson will announce savings.
![NZ dollar drops, interest rates rise after surprise US jobs number](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ dollar drops, interest rates rise after surprise US jobs number
New Zealand dollar left licking its wounds.
![Infrastructure Report: Priorities for big projects](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Infrastructure Report: Priorities for big projects
Public and private partnerships are needed to get investment and development moving.
![Govt books in relatively good shape, but Robertson has warning for NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Govt books in relatively good shape, but Robertson has warning for NZ
Crown accounts for the four months to the end of October were released by Treasury today.
![$2b raid: How emergency Covid funds were redirected to bolster Budget '22](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
$2b raid: How emergency Covid funds were redirected to bolster Budget '22
Former Treasury adviser says it was an “accounting trick”.
![Thomas Coughlan: National saves itself from British Budget blowback, but questions over cuts remain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Thomas Coughlan: National saves itself from British Budget blowback, but questions over cuts remain
National mounts urgent clean-up job as UK PM's tax plans backfire on New Zealand.
![$1.1b Oranga Tamariki spend-up a 'disparate collection of ideas' with no strategy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
$1.1b Oranga Tamariki spend-up a 'disparate collection of ideas' with no strategy
Treasury has delivered a scathing report of Oranga Tamariki's Budget funding.
![Ukraine invasion: NZ's Treasury warns of higher inflation, interest rates, food costs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Ukraine invasion: NZ's Treasury warns of higher inflation, interest rates, food costs
A paper from Treasury staff warns Kiwis will face a wellbeing hit because of the war.
![Cost of living payment: 'Warnings were ignored'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Cost of living payment: 'Warnings were ignored'
OPINION: Ex-Treasury official points out 700,000 eligible for the payment didn't get it.
![Revealed: Three true causes of our 20-year housing boom](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Revealed: Three true causes of our 20-year housing boom
Main driver of house prices in the past two decades? Global interest rate drops.
![No Minister, more spending won't help keep inflation down](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
No Minister, more spending won't help keep inflation down
Opinion: To sell targeted fiscal spending as keeping inflation under control is a stretch.
![Treasury paper warns more Government spending will hike interest rates](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Treasury paper warns more Government spending will hike interest rates
A Treasury paper has warned more Government spending would force higher interest rates.
![Decoding Parliament's money talk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Decoding Parliament's money talk
MPs go on about money a lot, whether spending or saving it. But it's worth understanding.
![Do Auckland port's woes lie in ditching of council assets expert?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Do Auckland port's woes lie in ditching of council assets expert?
Councillor suggests decision to save money on experts may have backfired.