Ani O'Brien: What ANZ's Sharon Zollner said about the economy

I went along to the Women Mean Business event at Perch in Britomart this week, where the guest speaker was ANZ’s Chief Economist, Sharon Zollner. She’s one of those rare economists who can tell you the truth without either sugar-coating it or descending entirely into doom and gloom. Her diagnosis of New Zealand’s current situation was clear: we’re in a stop/start recovery. The economy is sputtering along, lurching between brief moments of momentum and a lot of grind.