I think the data shows the economy has huge potential to grow. Bigger potential than most countries.
Before Christmas, the Sallies did their usual rant about how much less than private landlords they charge for rent. Of course, they can charge less... they don't have to pay a cent in tax on any of that rental income.
I’ve heard talk about a 100bp drop, as the GDP figures were well-below what was contemplatedASB have now joined the other big trading banks by offering a 6 month mortgage rate below 5.99%..... and that's before the next RBNZ announcement next month.
There's a lot of speculation about at the moment that the declining Kiwi dollar against the US will mean that the RBNZ may only announce a 25 basis point drop in the OCR next month and not the 50 basis point drop people were expecting prior to Christmas.
Mortgage wars: Another major bank cuts home loan rates as competition heats up
Kiwis can now get 5.99% six-month rates from three major banks.www.nzherald.co.nz
. Been wondering where you been mateInteresting that none of you right wingers have posted the latest Curia polls
I have always been amazed by not knowing or hearing of anyone who has been contacted by these pollsters and have mentioned this several times previously.
Interesting that I was contacted recently and gave my opinion.
Now the poll is published and not good for National.
Maybe I was the only person polled
Having a break. Say no more.
The pollsters read the nzwarriors forum!?Interesting that none of you right wingers have posted the latest Curia polls
I have always been amazed by not knowing or hearing of anyone who has been contacted by these pollsters and have mentioned this several times previously.
Interesting that I was contacted recently and gave my opinion.
Now the poll is published and not good for National.
Maybe I was the only person polled
Only when it suits .Like our resident right leaning friends.The pollsters read the nzwarriors forum!?
Hard to know what to make of it eh. I’d imagine the resident centre and left wingers would have a clearer opinion of why the swing existsInteresting that none of you right wingers have posted the latest Curia polls
I have always been amazed by not knowing or hearing of anyone who has been contacted by these pollsters and have mentioned this several times previously.
Nothing of note really.Interesting that none of you right wingers have posted the latest Curia polls
I know this has been discussed previously but it's a shame we went with MMP that results in wasted votes. I think in hindsight a transferable voting system may have been better and resulted in more variation in the number of parties in parliament (TOP for example) and more variation in the formation of government blocks. having said that, many still don't understand how MMP works so something more complicated than that might have been a real stretch.View attachment 10836
Quite an interesting graph that collates all the opinion polls, I wonder if these two lines will intersect soon with the trends over the last 3 months or head away from each other again.
I really liked TOP, most of their policies resonated with me more than the other parties. Unfortunately I did see it as a 'wasted vote' and didn't end up voting for them. Pity their leadership has essentially all stood down now after the last election.
Pretty much what I thought as well. They got 63000 votes last election - they needed a stronger electorate candidate really to secure seats. Not sure how much difference they would have made but the more parties in parliament the less likely for there to be a king maker as well as bring different policies.
If you want GDP to sky rocket, just remove corporate tax! We would destroy Australia in GDP!
