Latest / The Kākā by Bernard Hickey
Business doubts about National’s growth tactics growing
Long stories short, the top six things in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Wednesday, February 12 are:
* Business frustration is growing about a lack of economic growth, with some arguing certainty and confidence is needed on Government-funded anchor projects such as hospitals, roads and railways as a priority, rather than deficit and public debt reduction;
* The last National-led Government borrowed to kick-start an economy out of a deep recession, including the successful green-lighting of debt-funded UFB, RONS and CRL projects;
* Instead, the Government…
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