File photo.
File photo.

Finance Minister Bill English has again refused to rule out introducing some form of capital gains or land tax as Treasury officials seek policy tools to prevent a premature housing boom and an overvalued dollar blocking economic recovery.

"The economy needs to shift away from more spending and borrowing to more exporting," he said yesterday.

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