Not as fucked as we were. Long,long way to go unfortunately. And some might like to try and cherry pick a tiny morsel out of an article and conveniently ignore the rest but the economy and the fiscal management of the previous government has left us in this position.
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You are right. Unfortunately there's no sign of improvement just empty words.
Take crime for example.
Mitchell has sent a strong letter to the chief of police.
Wtf
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Give it 2 years and coming up to the next election you won’t have noticed the small changes but the whole country will be in a better state.
Fixing by 1000 cuts.
South African?
Chris 'Kane Williamson' Luxon
John Nick
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Dream on. Nothing will happen while Seymour and Winnie are still about.
Too many dead rats to yet be swallowed.
Hipkins got one thing right.
These two guys will run rings around you.
Unfortunately Luxon is already dizzy
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This is from November last year and interesting how inflation continues to drop despite not having the big job cuts to bring it down that we’re told is necessary. Instead we enjoy record employment also. Inflation rate was at 4.7% here and growth is knocking right at its door. With the current government not even having their feet under the table, the previous government did well to bring inflation down and have a high employment rate.
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Your letting an anti-Luxon media get to you.Dream on. Nothing will happen while Seymour and Winnie are still about.
Too many dead rats to yet be swallowed.
Hipkins got one thing right.
These two guys will run rings around you.
Unfortunately Luxon is already dizzy
Real leadership is the stuff we don’t see that gets things done behind the scenes, not a smooth talking PR trained PM where cabinet is incompetent as Labour showed us.
The polls show that middle NZ like what they are seeing.
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The reserve bank (not National or Labour) is slowing things down through interest rates taking money out of homeowners pockets.
Hopefully we get a soft landing where inflation goes down, the economy slows slightly without massive job losses. Tricky balancing act getting it right.
Unfortunately the reserve bank operates about 2 years behind (the length of time it takes interest rate rises to flow through to fixed interest rates). In all likelihood inflation is under control but we will be hit long and hard as yet again, the reserve banks delays cause a boom, bust cycle.
John Nick
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The polls are not polling the right people.
How many people that attended Waitangi were included in the polls
. I will bet you weren't included and neither was I.
Do you know of anyone or heard of anyone who was
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They are included in the Maori party votes!How many people that attended Waitangi were included in the polls
Big turnout for a small town but an insignificant fraction of all of NZ (numbers wise).
The media just love vocal extremists and the silent majority never get heard… until election time!
This was the inflation rate in April 2022 which shows it’s steadily decreased from then to be at 4.7% in November 2023 despite not having the big job cuts that are apparently necessary? It’s projection is to continue that decrease to around 2.5% over the next few years.
John Nick
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Don't think you understand. Polls that have been done recently?
After the election.
Times and opinions are changing and quickly.
You've got to poll the right people Wiz! I bet if they polled all the people who voted TPM or the Greens then the result would be a lot different
John Nick
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Poll all the people who attended Waitangi yesterdayYou've got to poll the right people Wiz! I bet if they polled all the people who voted TPM or the Greens then the result would be a lot different
.Inflation is coming under control but is still way to high. 4.7% rise on a rise of 7%-8% on a rise of... It's a lot. Still some pain to be felt yet with mortgage rates, increase in unemployment, government spending reigned in. I saw an article the other day on credit card payment defaults. Things aren't exactly rosy out there and still a fair way to go yet
Inflation Rate in New Zealand is expected to be 4.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the New Zealand Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 2.00 percent in 2025, according to our econometric models
This is where it’s trending without what you mentioned, just its natural trajectory. There is going to plenty the current government is going to take credit for in its term but it’s not going to be as much as their good work rather than the world coming out of a covid hangover and the country managed fairly well through that period in many regards.
Strange comment. I made no dispersions as to when or how the policy came about.
Simply that it’s dog shit tired dogma.
There is certainly an element of the world coming out of a COVID hit but there is also domestic causes of inflation. Whether the current government takes credit for it or not, an inflation rate of 5% in the back of 7%-8% on the back of.... Is still massive and i would suggest indicates it's not just international factors causing it but rather what was been occuring domestically.
