The week that was to Oct 7
TLDR: This week in the news in geo-politics, the global economy and Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy:
* Te Pūtea Matua (The Reserve Bank) hiked its interest rates again to control inflation (Thursday’s email);
* the Government revealed a robust set of accounts that will allow room for competing tax cut offers in next year’s election (Thursday’s email);
* local elections came to a close with a revolt against the Government brewing (Interviews with Efeso Collins and Simon Wilson);
* TOP proposed a residential land tax to pay for income tax cuts for low to middle income earners (Interview with…
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