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Inflation And Economic Orthodoxy

8 items · 7 aliases · peaked week of 10 May 2026 · first seen 29 Apr 2026

The piece critiques the National-led government's handling of the fuel crisis, highlighting its inaction compared to other nations, and argues that the government is shifting blame onto Donald Trump for economic downturns and policy failures, while exposing contradictions in its

Volume by source orientation Methodology →

Stacked weekly counts; colour by lean. “n/a” covers government and iwi-Māori sources where lean isn't applicable.

Alias drift

How this topic has been named, week by week. A new alias winning out is usually a framing shift.

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In the press Methodology →

How the news corpus has covered this same topic over the last 12 weeks. 1 article from RNZ, Stuff, NZ Herald, ODT, 1News, Newsroom and The Spinoff. Click through to the press view for the full panel.

12-week press volume 1 article
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Heard on radio

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  • Yes, so the markets were actually near to fully pricing in the hold for today, which is what happened. But as you said, there has been a divergence of views and especially on the forward outlook. We've had concerns over rising inflation due to that ongoing Middle East conflict. And New Zealand inflation is already relatively high. So that was sitting around 3% last quarter. But at the same time, we've actually had uh other economic data points, so unemployment, consumer and business confidence, they're pointing to softness in the economy. Now the RBNZ, they have a single mandate, which is focused on keeping inflation within a target range of one to three percent over the medium term. Now that's made it very difficult for markets and economists actually to have a really firm view on what the RBNZ should do and where the OCR will ultimately end up. So going into today, um, we did see the market pricing in nearly three hikes before the end of the year. Now that was actually slightly above the RBNZ's previously communicated track.
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Sample framings

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contradiction in fiscal doctrine

Gordon Campbell On The Folly Of Blaming Everything On Trump
18 May
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How the public reacted

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