The hoon around the week to July 30
TLDR: This week, National called for an independent review of the Reserve Bank’s unleashing of a ‘tidal wave of cash’ during Covid after a former Governor joined a chorus of critics, which Finance Minister Grant Robertson dismissed as ‘hindsight economics’.
Also in the news in global geo-politics and our political economy:
* China warned the United States it was ‘playing with fire’ by planning to send House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan;
* Russia halved its gas supplies to Europe, forcing it to plan voluntary consumption cuts of 15% that economists see as recessionary;
* the US economy…
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