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Showing posts with label State of Emergency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label State of Emergency. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Point of Order: Govt’s finances worsen as the economy slows....



.....but ministers aren’t slowing down with their spending announcements

Revenue growth is slowing, we learned from our Minister of Finance today.

But that’s not going to stop his ministerial colleagues from pitching for public plaudits with their spending pronouncements.

Grant Robertson’s latest cheering comments on the state of the public accounts can be found alongside four announcements that may well call for more borrowing.