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Bernard’s Soliloquy for the week to March 23
Long stories shortest this week in our political economy:
* Standard & Poor’s judged the Government’s council finance reforms a failure.
* Professional investors showed the Government they want it to borrow more, not less.
* GDP bounced out of recession by more than forecast in the December quarter, but data for the just-ending March quarter suggests the recovery is stuttering.
* Behind in the polls and facing growing provincial unrest over health cuts and higher speed limits, the Government relented on some of the speed limits and reversed a plan to close Napier’s Health Centre at night and…
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