The Taxpayers’ Union warns that rising inflation and continued government spending undermine fiscal credibility, urging the Reserve Bank to maintain caution and calling Budget 2026 a critical opportunity to restore fiscal responsibility and control inflation.
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Let's get a read on New Zealand Inc. and the old balance sheet as we head one towards the RB call tomorrow and two the Willis call on Thursday. So I mean, what do we got? Fascinating time. Confidence wise, we're in the dumps, of course. Uh, but tourism up, dairy up, exports up. Inflation coming because of the war. We got a government trying to balance it all out and regain the GDP traction that appears real in the first quarter of the year. Anyway, Steve Yukovic is the Kiwi Bank CEO and he's back with us. Steve, very good morning to you. Morning, Mike. You got a word for it at the moment? Well, what's your vibe on what's going on here currently?
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