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Helping the economy

July 14th, 2009 at 04:37 am

According to the latest news, the governor of the NZ Reserve Bank is urging Kiwis to save and pay off debt in order to help the economy recover. He reckons the property market is recovering here, but if everyone rushes out to buy a house we will get back into a spend and borrow mode and the recession will last longer because the national debt is so high.

Quote:
Bollard said that increased household saving would have the added advantage of providing a more stable source of funds for business investment and expansion, reducing reliance on foreign funding. This would contribute to more stable and lower interest rates, thus promoting a more sustainable growth path

Full story here

Text is http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/2591808/Kiwis-must-save-Bollard and Link is
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/2591808/Kiwis-must-save-Boll...


I am feeling very virtuous and patriotic.

Posted in Thinking about Money | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Helping the economy”

  1. whitestripe Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 09:49 am 1247564994
    1247564994

    that is a very good thing! he is totally going against the grain by saying that - most people (including our prime minister Kevin Rudd!) are urging people to buy buy buy, spend spend spend, and buy houses etc.

  2. dmontngrey Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 04:56 pm 1247590596
    1247590596

    Here in the states too - we're being told to spend, spend, spend to stimulate the economy. No thank you.

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