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Outgoing Treasury boss calls for capital gains tax and superannuation changes

Caralee McLiesh says structural changes are required to address NZ's structural deficit.

Rate cut sparks biggest rally in NZ shares in two years

OPINION: Federal Reserve expected to cut rates, potentially boosting market performance.

Are central banks good doctors? Comparing RBNZ and US inflation strategies

OPINION: How the RBNZ's cautious monetary policies have over-treated the NZ economy.

Matthew Hooton: Wellington bureaucracy faces criticism for intellectual timidity

OPINION: Ministers are frustrated that mandarins remain stuck in the do-nothing era.

Global IT outage a cashless wake-up call? Reserve Bank says keep physical cash for emergencies

Last Friday's CrowdStrike failure saw many unable to buy necessities as computers crashed.

Why is the Govt slashing thousands of public sector jobs - and how will it affect Wellington?

ANALYSIS: The Government's cuts will hurt, but their wider impact might be muted.

Treasury set to axe 50 jobs

Final numbers cannot be confirmed until Budget decisions are announced in May.

Slow growth won't stop income tax cuts, Nicola Willis says

A return to surplus by 2026-27 remains in question.

Steven Joyce: Rolling back regulation will be new Govt's first mission

OPINION: And the other tasks new Government needs to get to work on.

Public Purse: The final $5b of the Covid fight - and the half spent on other priorities

The $5b Covid fund top-up was spent at a record clip - on mostly unrelated plans.

Analysis: Prefu shows next Govt facing tough economic trade-offs

Deteriorating finances mean next Government will have very little spending wiggle room.

Steven Joyce: It’s time to cut back the growing bureaucratic blob

OPINION: Treasury is crystal ball gazing as much as the next economist.

Opinion: We need to talk tourism as election approaches

OPINION: Relationship between tourism and Govt symbiotic; are parties taking it seriously?

'Not great for consulting firms': PM fronts on public service spending crackdown

Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson announced a sweeping package of public service savings.

Govt announces $4b in savings, National says 'too little, too late'

Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson will announce savings.

NZ dollar drops, interest rates rise after surprise US jobs number

New Zealand dollar left licking its wounds.