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June 11, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Imagery: Metaphors, Symbols, Analogies As a species, people use symbols to facilitate understandings of the complexities of the world. In the last millennium in Europe, the highest subjects of learning were ‘classical studies’ and ‘theology’. It was because almost all of the principal explanatory stories of human life – as the priestly ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Goldmining as our Metaphor for Economic Activity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/11/keith-rankin-analysis-goldmining-as-our-metaphor-for-economic-activity/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Goldmining as our Metaphor for Economic Activity">Read more</a>
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June 8, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Good or Bad? Are there good or bad signature patterns for countries. The most obvious answer is that every country should ideally look like Portugal in 2019. Government sector and foreign sector balances would be close to zero. Private sector balances would also be close to zero, with household surpluses (net household ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Financial Signatures: Portugal and New Zealand compared" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/08/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-financial-signatures-portugal-and-new-zealand-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Financial Signatures: Portugal and New Zealand compared">Read more</a>
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May 28, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. On Project Syndicate – and in other places in recent months – orthodox US economist Kenneth Rogoff has presented the case for deeply negative interest rates. Another financial sacred cow falls; yes, interest rates can be negative, even substantially negative. It can take a while, though, for shot sacred cows to ... <a title="Keith Rankin on Deeply Negative Interest Rates" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/28/keith-rankin-on-deeply-negative-interest-rates/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin on Deeply Negative Interest Rates">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Budget-related Economic Chatter Last week in New Zealand was Budget week, and the chatter about the burden of government debt reached a crescendo. I will highlight here comments made, on Monday 11 May, by four economists with substantial media profiles, from Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon (hosted by Kathryn Ryan), ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Unpacking our Fear of Government Debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/keith-rankin-analysis-unpacking-our-fear-of-government-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Unpacking our Fear of Government Debt">Read more</a>
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May 21, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The chart above shows how a spending pie-chart may differ for a closed economy, compared to its income chart. For this example, the government sector has a financial deficit (ie a budget deficit) while the household sector has a financial surplus. In this case the government sector slice is 30% of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income, Spending and Debt" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/21/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-national-income-spending-and-debt/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income, Spending and Debt">Read more</a>
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May 20, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. The Commentariat There is a regular commentariat who appear on places such as ‘The Panel’ on Radio New Zealand (4pm on weekdays), and on panels on television shows such as Newshub Nation (TV3, weekends) and Q+A (TV1, Mondays). Generally, these panellists come out in favour of targeted assistance to the misfortunate, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal versus Targeted Assistance, a Muddled Dichotomy" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/20/keith-rankin-analysis-universal-versus-targeted-assistance-a-muddled-dichotomy/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Universal versus Targeted Assistance, a Muddled Dichotomy">Read more</a>
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May 12, 2020
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Income in an Economy The chart above shows how income is distributed in an economy. It shows three major sectors: Government, Business and Households. Households are the principal sector; governments and businesses serve households, and are accountable to households. The chart is a pie chart, representing the economic pie. (For now, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/05/12/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-national-income-the-pie-chart/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – National Income: the Pie Chart">Read more</a>
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September 9, 2019
Analysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – What sort of topsy-turvy political world have we arrived at? This week, the Government continued to defend its fiscally conservative approach, in direct opposition to economists who suggest more spending is warranted. Even Treasury, the Reserve Bank, the private sector, and National appear to be open to much greater ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shouldn’t the Government be spending more?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/09/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-shouldnt-the-government-be-spending-more/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Shouldn’t the Government be spending more?">Read more</a>
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July 2, 2019
The public’s trust in the competency and integrity of the public service is an essential element of any democracy. If citizens think that those running government departments are foolish, dishonest, or dodgy, then the whole system can start to fall apart. We see the results of such distrust in plenty of other countries. Here in ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/02/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-lack-of-accountability-over-treasurys-bogus-hacking-claim/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Lack of accountability over Treasury’s bogus hacking claim">Read more</a>
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April 21, 2019
Political Roundup: Why the CGT had to be ruled out by Dr Bryce Edwards The soul-searching and blame-game over the surprise demise of the capital gains tax proposals continues to occupy politicos and commentators over the long weekend. Allegations of betrayal continue, while some are also pointing to the inevitable problems with the proposals – ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the CGT had to be ruled out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/21/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-the-cgt-had-to-be-ruled-out/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why the CGT had to be ruled out">Read more</a>
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April 2, 2019
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. This week New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern concluded her first bilateral with China’s two top leaders President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang and ended with clear signals the two countries are poised to build on the $30billion two-way trade relationship. But there was more to this bilateral meeting than ... <a title="EDITORIAL: New Zealand Should Be Well Pleased with Ardern’s NZ-PRC Bilateral" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/02/editorial-new-zealand-should-be-well-pleased-with-arderns-nz-prc-bilateral/" aria-label="Read more about EDITORIAL: New Zealand Should Be Well Pleased with Ardern’s NZ-PRC Bilateral">Read more</a>
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February 27, 2019
Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT by Dr Bryce Edwards The capital gains tax debate is a huge political issue, and a great deal rides on the outcome – especially the chances of the Labour-led Government being re-elected next year. So far, it’s not looking great for the Government. At this ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/27/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-defeat-looms-for-the-government-on-the-cgt/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Defeat looms for the Government on the CGT">Read more</a>
