Uncontrolled govt spending pushing up prices? The numbers tell another story.

Suggested change to obscure tax rule could hit many small businesses.

Reserve Bank has opted to turn up the volume in its message to businesses setting prices.

New Zealand faces a tricky problem in cutting back emissions from livestock.

Why export green hydrogen when NZ electricity can fuel NZ vehicles?

Putin's war means higher prices and lower world growth.

OPINION: Covid crisis makes NZ's stockpile of overseas debt grow even larger.

Luxon's tax plan won't do much to help the people hit hardest by inflation.

Two key changes mean reining in rising prices will be harder than it was.

Central bank sees GDP growth continuing, but that forecast could easily veer off course.

NZ's reliance on more workers - and more migrants - isn't boosting real incomes.

Lockdowns and supply chain woes have hit productivity, and someone has to pay.

Scheme could help workers and employers, but there's no denying the added cost.

Rising prices are now widespread, affecting most of the things we buy.

Inflation, Omicron, climate change -- 2022 already has plenty of threats to growth.

Initial $1 billion a year earmarked for climate response fund will have to be much bigger.

Both borrowers and lenders too prone to believe things will be okay, says regulator.

Bid to cut agricultural emissions could be left behind by events.

Labour market is tight, but Reserve Bank doesn't see signs of a wage/price spiral.

Promises are fine — but not when the promised action is decades away.

Study aims to find out if pre-Covid influx was a plus or minus for economy.

Household wealth has soared, but how much of that rubs off on spending?

Good reasons to ignore parochial concerns about so-called 'assets'.

Climate conference could be risky for New Zealand, if the focus is on methane.

New climate change document sees scope for cuts in transport emissions.

Has the uncertainty that led to a pause in OCR hike seven weeks ago has dissipated?

OPINION: RBNZ's itchy finger on interest lever adds to anxieties of those trying to own.

Sharpening up of Commerce Act a long time coming.

Resilience seen in ANZ survey suggests firms expect another quick rebound.

It should be clear to councils the status quo is not an option.

Draft version of new law has business groups worried about obstacles to development.

Employers need workers, while hundreds of thousands of people want more work.

Latest Covid outbreak is a reminder of how vulnerable the economic recovery really is.

Electricity companies have a perverse incentive to keep Huntly burning coal.

The old rules don't apply as long as we're doing battle with Covid-19.

Households' wealth has soared — and so has the level of government debt.

Critics who raise fears of a so-called 'death tax' are jumping the gun.

The economy may seem robust but skills shortages and price inflation loom large.

Treasury needs better ideas for containing the rising cost of NZ Superannuation.

Government's planned reforms could make up for decades of under-investment.

As Kiwis have left, migrants made up the balance - but has NZ got the numbers right?

Review finds no clear evidence that rises for lowest-paid workers reduce jobs.

Climate Change Commission sees meat and milk output standing still.

Cost of fixing water infrastructure is likely to be even bigger than forecast.

There are good reasons to ignore the scaremongering about price rises.

Robertson is about midway between the skinflint and the spendthrift ends of the spectrum.

Labour market isn't all good news — and Government has the means to make it better.

First home buyers face financial risk, but Government's focus is on investors.

Balancing act between bank and Government.

Lack of digital skills can hold you back on the job - or stop you from getting one.

Agriculture groups say Climate Change Commission too optimistic on potential for cuts.

With so much uncertainty ahead, now's not time to ease up on stimulatory pedal.

Latest moves to help new buyers could cut house prices, boost rents — or a bit of both.

It's better to limit runaway house prices now, before they do even more damage.

Exports of services in the December quarter were only half as much as a year earlier.

PAYE data suggests employment hasn't recovered as strongly as believed.

Fewer animals can produce same amount of product, says Climate Change Commission's plan.

Got money in bank? Real interest rates are negative — and not likely to get better soon.

While lower interest rates help homeowners, rising rents just add to pressure on the poor.

Strict numerical goals are out the window, thanks to Covid.

Reaching target will need major investment in renewables.

Radical reform is on the agenda, and councils should seize the opportunity.

NZ's productivity performance has long lagged behind other nations.

Could we have achieved an economic bounce back at less cost? There's no way to know.

What can we do to turn around the plunge in home ownership?

Time to focus on more than just the number of migrants.

Minister could have just asked RBNZ about house prices, not made it a public issue.

It makes no sense that property investors can deduct all their interest costs.

Joe Biden's victory could be a turning point for climate, but there are obstacles ahead.

Reserve Bank's plan could do more harm than good.

Soaring property market could encourage Reserve Bank to reimpose loan-to-value limits.

Ardern has made it clear that she's steering for the middle of the road.

Health and superannuation costs are bigger issues.

You would normally expect National to be more fiscally prudent. Not this time.