The positive upturn in the data coming through at the moment means that soon we will be going well again and no more businesses shutting. That’s something to be positive about!
Good luck with your optimism and I really hope you are right. My point was that a lot of people don't share your thoughts regardless of what you or the Coalition spin
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If you had have said “a lot” or “many” you might be more accurate but “all” is just disinformation
I dare say it's not going to endear Chloe to the electorate in the way she hopes if we owe $24 billion in offset credits.Stuff: Latest breaking news | New Zealand
Was a bit of a testy exchange here
There’s an untapped source of income…. the Top 5%.
Word police? Do we need a lawyer to approve our posts now
Tax report on the top 300 wealthiest individuals - the top 0.000001% to justify a new tax on the top 10% (including some middle and low income earners)
Don't forget the $12b that Labour is going to reinstate for Pay Parity and we're talking a fair bit of coin to find from the top 5%
Pretty much all corporates are saying things are improving now, obviously going to be areas that are much slower to turn like infrastructure, however last couple of months have generally picked up. Really good news.
Sectors related to agriculture are doing OK from what I have seen/heard .Xmas is always a boost for retail. The first Q of 26 will be the telling time IMO.
Dairy doing well and other parts of agriculture as John Nick notedAs long as the corporates are all ok
They’re an indication of the broader economy obviously. It’s all on the back of consumer activity. Appreciate this doesn’t fit your rear view mirror biased as fuck narrative.As long as the corporates are all ok
I think I have mentioned in the past that a mate delivers brand new trucks and this year has been very quiet
Yes & that makes total sense - the economy needs to utilise spare capacity first before investing in new infrastructure like trucks. But geez that could be another 12-18 months away, will def still be tough out there for many for a while longer but at least things are picking up from cyclical lows.
Very interesting too was some data from builderscrack that came via email saying their biggest shift was Christchurch and Waikato. Auckland is dwindling behind them and Wellington with Bay of Plenty fifth
Meanwhile the government books are 700m worse than projected in May's budget
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My hope is they’re voted out. I certainly feel like the country is in a worse state than when they took officeMeanwhile the government books are 700m worse than projected in May's budget
And this is during the green shoots you've been going on about.
The government have made the economy worse...
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls
Treasury says the overall financial outlook is mixed, continuing trends from recent months.
