EconBulletin

A graph showing the share of income that the richest 1% of people in New Zealand have received over the last 90 years together with… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-131-January-2012

Events around the world threaten another round of recession and dangerous financial turmoil. Just as in 2008, there was little debate about what parties would… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-130-November-2011

The political parties now have most of their employment relations policies out. These policies have great importance for New Zealand’s wage levels, and already there… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-129-October-2011

It has been almost the perfect storm for New Zealand over this government’s term. From the global financial crisis to the Pike River tragedy, all… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-128-September-2011

Youth unemployment is finally getting some traction on the political agenda. It is a big reason for unemployment remaining high: 44 percent of unemployed people… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-127-August-2011

We often say that low income families are hit harder by rises in the prices of necessities than high income families. That is very topical… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-126-July-2011

The government has recently compared wages in New Zealand and Australia again. It is now resorting to an after-tax comparison to try to show some… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-125-June-2011

The 2011 Budget was a victory of story-line over needs. The story was that the New Zealand government has a debt problem. When confronted with… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-124-May-2011

The government’s 19 May Budget is a fateful one. It could push New Zealand back into deeper recession and unemployment, or it could give us… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-123-April-2011

There is a lot going on. The earthquake continues to take its heavy toll on the quality of Christchurch people’s lives, and will come on… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-122-March-2011

Just as both life and geology in Christchurch seemed to be stabilising from the September earthquake, the vicious 22 February quake has hit with terrible… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-121-February-2011

This is a new-look Bulletin with changes made as a result of the review we polled you on last year, and a lot of thinking… Read More »CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-120-January-2011