Mike's Minute: We are losing to the Australian economy
A must read for a reality check is the ABC, as in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and their exploration of the New Zealand vs Australian economy.
Normally the ABC, like a lot of public broadcasters, tease you with a headline and end up concluding nothing so they can claim to be balanced.
Not so in this case. Gareth Hutchens is your author, and the headline is "Inflation has fallen in NZ and Aus - but which is faring better?"
It's always instructive to read specific comparisons, look at the wider picture, and crunch the numbers, and this piece does that.
Boy does it do that.
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