Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Memo to PM: Your 'strategy' is not working
Briefly in my Daily Chorus for all subscribers on Monday August 18, the top news, scoops and deep-dives in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate are:
* The Lead: Senior figures in the business community are openly questioning the Government’s 1991-style strategy of restraining Government spending to create space for lower interest rates to stimulate household spending and business investment. Via Amelia Wade for The Sunday Star Times-$
* The Sidebar: That post-recession strategy worked in 1992, in 2002, in 2011 and 2016 because, back then, households had low debt…
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