Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: Is there a positive side to this recession?

Can I give you a positive spin on the recession that we're just coming out of?

I mean, maybe it's not so much a positive spin, but maybe it's an explanation for why this recession was harder than it needed to be - but why it actually did need to be this hard.

Bryce Edwards: Politicians and the Reserve Bank are being blamed for an escalating economic crisis

Will the looming economic recession kill off Labour’s re-election chances? Is the Reserve Bank making things worse? And could a National Government do any better? These are some of the big political questions floating around after the full extent of the economy’s plight was made clear by the Reserve Bank yesterday.

Authorities are now clearly in the firing line for their handling of the economy and especially inflation. Politicians and officials are rightly being scrutinised because the public’s economic pain is worsening, and looks set to become more severe over the next three years.