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Fruit, ready-to-eat meals, cars, petrol and rents – rising prices for a few products and services are a sign the days of low inflation are over. New statistics confirm, there s no such thing as a cheap lunch. Val Volevach works in freight forwarding; every day she sees the impact of the pandemic on customers trying to shift their products around the world. It s been a busy year, because customers want everything delivered now. So, out buying some groceries to make chicken wraps for dinner for her partner and three-year-old son, she s philosophical about the prospect of rising prices. Supermarket shopping is quite a hit on our budget, as much as rent, she says. For our family of three it costs about $150 a week – and I like wine, so that s not counting beverages!
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The Property Investors Federation has been accused of “heavy industry lobbying” over the Government s housing changes. (File photo)
An economics professor has taken a swing at the New Zealand Property Investors Federation (NZPIF), accusing them of engaging in “heavy industry lobbying” as they argue against the Government’s new housing policies. Auckland University’s Robert MacCulloch says the group is attempting to scare the public and dissuade the government from pursuing changes, which include a doubling of the bright-line test and ending interest deductibility for investors. He said he usually tried to be non-partisan and avoid picking a fight, but his impression of investors’ reaction to policy change was “not so much arguing good or bad economics, but heavy industry lobbying.”