Ryan Bridge: The numbers that tell us where we're heading

There's a reason we talk a lot on this programme about bond markets, growth, central bank decisions and wars in far-away places.

There was, and probably still is, a school of thought that people either don't want, or don't understand, financial markets, currencies and economics.

Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The GDP numbers are the fault of the Reserve Bank, not Nicola Willis

How is it that we are having a conversation today about whether Nicola Willis needs to quit her portfolio because of yesterday's shock GDP number?

This is crazy. What happened yesterday is not Nicola Willis's fault. It is the Reserve Bank's fault. It is not a matter of opinion. It is a fact.

Ryan Bridge: The waiting game continues for the economy

Has Nicola Willis failed on growth in her year of growth?

So far, yes.

We’ve gone nowhere in six months. Q2 basically wiped out Q1.

Should she resign?

David Farrar: Stats NZ needs to be more accurate

Radio NZ reports:

Stats NZ is reviewing its systems after data incorrectly overstated Wellington’s job losses.

As more Health New Zealand cuts were revealed, business employment data painted a very bleak picture of the capital.