Latest from Brian Fallow

Try thinking about how many migrants NZ can absorb, new report urges

And the message is: Don't assume you can pass rising costs on to your customers.

Government spending will grow more slowly than the economy which has to support it.

Grant Robertson defines what 'prudent' means in managing public finances.

Uncontrolled govt spending pushing up prices? The numbers tell another story.

Suggested change to obscure tax rule could hit many small businesses.

Reserve Bank has opted to turn up the volume in its message to businesses setting prices.

New Zealand faces a tricky problem in cutting back emissions from livestock.

Why export green hydrogen when NZ electricity can fuel NZ vehicles?

Putin's war means higher prices and lower world growth.

OPINION: Covid crisis makes NZ's stockpile of overseas debt grow even larger.

Luxon's tax plan won't do much to help the people hit hardest by inflation.

Two key changes mean reining in rising prices will be harder than it was.

Central bank sees GDP growth continuing, but that forecast could easily veer off course.

NZ's reliance on more workers - and more migrants - isn't boosting real incomes.

Lockdowns and supply chain woes have hit productivity, and someone has to pay.

Scheme could help workers and employers, but there's no denying the added cost.

Rising prices are now widespread, affecting most of the things we buy.

Inflation, Omicron, climate change -- 2022 already has plenty of threats to growth.

Initial $1 billion a year earmarked for climate response fund will have to be much bigger.

Both borrowers and lenders too prone to believe things will be okay, says regulator.

Bid to cut agricultural emissions could be left behind by events.

Labour market is tight, but Reserve Bank doesn't see signs of a wage/price spiral.

Promises are fine — but not when the promised action is decades away.

Study aims to find out if pre-Covid influx was a plus or minus for economy.

Household wealth has soared, but how much of that rubs off on spending?

Good reasons to ignore parochial concerns about so-called 'assets'.

Climate conference could be risky for New Zealand, if the focus is on methane.

New climate change document sees scope for cuts in transport emissions.

Has the uncertainty that led to a pause in OCR hike seven weeks ago has dissipated?

OPINION: RBNZ's itchy finger on interest lever adds to anxieties of those trying to own.