29 Jul 2025

Business correspondent Dan Brunskill

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 29 July 2025

The Housing Minister wants to decouple the economy from relying on house price rises - economists say it is possible, but will make the recovery slower.

Dan discusses a mismatch between the cost of household basics, such as butter and electricity, and how the Reserve Bank measures inflation, as well as whether the fear of tariffs has been worse than the actual tariffs themselves. 

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Photo: Supplied/ Dan Bailey

Dan Brunskill is an economic policy reporter for Interest NZ