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New Zealand economy shrinks, country in technical recession (www.newshub.co.nz)
submitted 8 months ago by BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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Anybody who thinks the best way out of a recession is austerity measures needs to have their heads examined.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I'm planning to move to NZ if the terrible man gets reelected. It'd be a shame if everything went to hell before that happened, but it would stop me.

[–] BalpeenHammer@lemmy.nz 4 points 8 months ago

They are setting up for our version of the terrible man which is David Seymour.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

While this sounds alarmist this us actually deliberate and controlled for a good reason.

We are down to 5% inflation from 8, and pushing GDP down bring us closer to the stable 2% RBNZ is after. This is a good thing for the long term success of the country.