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Forum: New Zealand
Aug 18th 2017, 4:37 am
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

I'd have to agree that the economy is only firing on three cylinders and has been for a long time.

Bill Mitchel has an interesting graph that shows the growth gap.... where we would have been if...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 17th 2017, 8:56 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

Richard Murphy (UK) had a piece along these lines this morning:

The government is a key player in the economy...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 17th 2017, 8:01 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

Designed by National so they can keep saying that we have strong growth.

Most commentators are well aware of the smoke and mirrors GDP figures.
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 16th 2017, 8:56 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

You won't get economic growth if the govt keeps shrinking money supply by running (or trying to run) budget surpluses.

Budget surpluses force the private sector to take on more bank debt, or use...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 24th 2017, 12:44 am
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

Dairy farming has (as far as I'm aware) a very poor return on capital.
I believe it's around 5%.

It appears dairy farmers have relied more on capital gains than actual profits.

If you added...
Forum: New Zealand
Jul 23rd 2017, 10:07 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

Who in their right mind wants to get up at four o'clock in the morning and milk hundreds of cows in the cold for low wages and long hours.

Only people who want an easy route to residency...
Forum: New Zealand
May 19th 2017, 3:56 am
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

"New Zealand was now losing residents to the UK, with a net outflow of 79 migrants in the month of April, ASB Bank noted.

"While a very low number, it does reverse the trend of New Zealand gaining...
Forum: New Zealand
Dec 21st 2016, 8:15 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

Totally agree. Labour have a lot to answer for.

They became totally bewitched by neoliberal politics and still don't see the trap they fell into.
Hence, the right have won, and it's why poverty...
Forum: New Zealand
Nov 23rd 2016, 3:44 am
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

The clock is ticking.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 3rd 2016, 6:06 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

True, could be jumping to conclusions, but chef is top of the list in the immigration stats which I find surprising.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 3rd 2016, 6:52 am
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

Yes, I'm just being sarcastic, sorry :o

I should have said, they where the kitchen chefs & kitchen workers, and I did find that a surprise in a European restaurant, but probably just the result of...
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 3rd 2016, 6:00 am
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

?? Yes I thought that too.
Forum: New Zealand
Sep 3rd 2016, 3:42 am
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

Quite a few Indian chefs too and not just in curry shops.

Surprised to see Indian staff at the Maison 8 restaurant in Waikanae, and I wonder why Cob & Co have blocked off their kitchen now when it...
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 10th 2016, 8:19 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

That sounds like an Austrian's wet-dream :lol:
Forum: New Zealand
Aug 10th 2016, 7:36 pm
Replies: 153
Views: 29,349
Posted By LoCarb

Re: Net migration hits new record

And National just wants to protect their oligarch paymasters who benefit from driving down wages and wouldn't recognise an economic strategy if it bit them. :nod:
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