13-08-2023, 11:24 PM
(13-08-2023, 10:39 PM)C_T_Russell Wrote:Luxon is a certified BS artist. Even our closest neighbours are arguably facing the R word: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/au/person...recession/(09-08-2023, 09:21 AM)harm_less Wrote: Most countries are in recession at present to some degree and we're actually doing better than some economies that are regarded as strong, and of course many affected countries are trade customers of ours so their issues flow through as reduced export volumes for us.
You would be hard placed to come up with a country that isn't "screwed" just now, and as king1 states, there's more of us alive out of the other end of that pandemic.
National said that NZ is the only country in the Asia pacific region that is in a recession.
It could have largely been avoided.
And where is the excess 1 billion dollars a week going that's being spent?
And do you want to back up your $1B/week comment?