EconBulletin

Tough times lie ahead but there is considerable uncertainty about the extent of the impact on the real economy from the global financial crisis. In… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-96-Oct-2008

As the old union song Solidarity Forever goes, “they have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn”. But now, as we witness a… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-95-Sept-2008

There is now widespread recognition that wages need to rise in New Zealand. The CTU has identified a number of measures that are needed to… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-94-Aug-2008

Economists are never that keen on comparing previous forecasts with what has actually happened. This is understandable. Usually the defence against the accusation that economics… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-93-July-2008

Times are hard. It is likely that when the June quarter economic growth figures come out on 26th September, it will confirm that the economy… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-92-June-2008

Budget 2008 showed that relatively modest tax cuts nevertheless use up a large amount of money. The annual average cost of the tax cuts is… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-91-May-2008

Predictions on the economic outlook for 2008 are tinged with more than the usual degree of hesitancy. This is a time when many economists are… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-87-Jan-2008