Regional economics expert: Who is Benje Patterson?Business or pleasure? Who cares. Before getting cosy with someone, you need to get to know what makes […] March 31, 2019 in General economic / Regional by Benje Patterson
Who knows best: businesses or economists?Economists were surprised yesterday when the Reserve Bank changed tack and put the prospect of an official cash […] March 28, 2019 in General economic by Benje Patterson
Kiwifruit, plonk and lamb on par with dairy exports!MPI recently released a bullish set of primary sector export forecasts. But forget MPI’s headline – the big […] March 26, 2019 in Trade by Benje Patterson
Do we really trust Census 2018?With 10% of people not filling out Census 2018, will we trust the results? The Census 2018 miscount […] March 25, 2019 in Demographics by Benje Patterson
Be careful reading regional economic headlinesStatistics New Zealand released its regional GDP series yesterday. The data gives a high level snapshot of regional […] March 20, 2019 in General economic / Regional by Benje Patterson
Queenstown Mayor for Minister of TourismQueenstown Mayor Jim Boult has announced bold plans for a local referendum on a visitor levy (most likely […] March 7, 2019 in Regional / Tourism by Benje Patterson