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"Reserve Bank Assistant Governor Karen Silk said other developed economies revised their CPI baskets every year, but Stats NZ hadn’t conducted a full review in nearly six years."

by Dan Brunskill

Property

"That mountainous stock of unsold properties would have been even higher were it not for the 2196 properties interest.co.nz estimates were taken off the market in January, up 21% compared to January last year."

by Greg Ninness

household living costs

A third of low-income households spend more than 40% of money on housing

Statistics NZ says people have been spending a higher proportion of their money on housing costs than they did in the past

20th Feb 25, 12:03pm

by David Hargreaves

Statistics NZ says people have been spending a higher proportion of their money on housing costs than they did in the past

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