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A highly technical question we sent out to many of the nation’s leading economists. New Zealand’s GDP figures for the June quarter were released this morning to a rousing chorus of boos, groans and cries of “fml”. The economy contracted 0.9%, three times the 0.3% stupidly predicted by the stupid Reserve Bank.
Former Finance Minister Roger Douglas is calling for Finance Minister Nicola Willis to resign.
Former finance minister Sir Roger Douglas and Auckland University's Robert MacCulloch have issued a statement saying "Willis is not up to the job and is not levelling with the New Zealand public".
As Finance Minister Nicola Willis blames US tariffs for the slump in the June quarter, Labour points out that Australia’s economy was still growing.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has reacted to the 0.9% GDP contraction by saying the economy “suddenly had the stuffing knocked out of it” by the US tariffs.
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