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Ryan Bridge: This election is National’s to lose
As you know I’ve been saying for some time this election is National’s to lose.
The economy will pick up, this government’s only two years in and kiwis like to give incumbents the benefit of the doubt.
I still think this holds true. But, as we’ve been reporting since April, Trump’s tariffs - which took everybody (including the markets) by surprise, making a bear of a bull - hammered business and consumer confidence just as we were showing signs of those green shoots the pundits love talking about.
This has shortened Luxon’s window for a real economic recovery, which is the platform he’s…
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