All The New Zealand Economy Articles
Rising unemployment
05 May 2009 | Media Releases
Rising unemployment must spur a focus on New Zealand’s competitiveness and measures to prevent a future social deficit
Reserve Bank move welcome: Government budget action the next test
30 Apr 2009 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Institute welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to cut the Official Cash Rate.
Not just a case of a passing ‘Recessionary Flu’
29 Apr 2009 | 233 Kb PDF | Perspectives
This perspective describes the New Zealand government’s fiscal outlook and sets out principles that should drive the New Zealand’s fiscal strategy.
The New Zealand Institute calls for action in the 2009 Budget
29 Apr 2009 | Media Releases
The New Zealand Institute has today released an essay, 'Not just a case of a passing recessionary flu: The Budget must also address an underlying lack of economic fitness'. The article proposes principles that should drive New Zealand’s fiscal strategy and be reflected in the 2009 Budget to be released on the 28th of May.
Bank equity fund: What is Plan B?
27 Apr 2009 | 57 Kb PDF | Perspectives
On the announcement that the bank equity fund will be scrapped, the New Zealand Institute asks: What is “Plan B”?
New Zealand debates the merits of a bank equity fund
15 Mar 2009 | 60 Kb PDF | Perspectives
Benedikte Jensen discusses the Jobs Summit proposal for a bank equity fund to rescue large companies in temporary financial stress.
The emperor has no clothes: NZ’s vulnerability in the global economic and financial crisis
22 Feb 2009 | 278 Kb PDF | Perspectives
This article describes New Zealand’s vulnerability in the face of ongoing financial instability and defines the issues needing to be addressed by New Zealand.
Heavy mountain weather: Funding risks for New Zealand and proposed solutions
22 Feb 2009 | 151 Kb PDF | Perspectives
This describes the actions New Zealand should take to protect the vital parts of the economy in the face of funding risks.
The end of the golden weather
11 Dec 2008 | 336 Kb PDF | Essays
This essay describes the scale and nature of the current global financial crisis and economic slowdown.
Economy on the edge (updated)
03 Nov 2008 | 151 Kb PDF | Essays
This updated joint NZX/New Zealand Institute paper outlines New Zealand's exposure to the financial crisis and proposes a series of responses.