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Great energy as Longford reopens for business Reporter: ');  '); It’s been the best part of 14 months in the making, but from next week the economic shackles inflicted by Covid-19 will finally be loosened as Longford’s retail industry reopens its doors to business. The first chinks of fiscal salvation will come next Monday when hairdressers, barbers and personal services such as beauticians and nail salons welcome customers back for the first time in several months. In conjunction with the reestablishment of intercounty travel from May 10 alongside the reinstatement of galleries, museum...

Justice Minister Naomi Long proposes increasing maximum sentence for death by dangerous driving to 20 years Naomi Long outlined the plans in a meeting with victims' families who have for years campaigned for change Eighteen year-old Enda Dolan was knocked down by a driver who was high on drink and drugs Want the biggest politics stories sent to you every week? Simply sign up here and we'll do the restInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommen...

16th Dec 20, 11:14am The relatively low imports arriving in New Zealand this Covid year have helped the deficit between what we get from exports and what we spend on imports to shrink to the lowest level since 2001. Statistics New Zealand reports that our current account deficit for the year to September 2020 was $2.6 billion, representing 0.8% of our GDP. That compares with a $11.7 billion deficit for the same period up to September 2019. You have to go back to the end of 2001 for the last time the deficit was so low relative to GDP, while to find a lower figure than the 0.8% you need to ...

Covid 19 coronavirus drives lowest September current account deficit since 2001 16 Dec, 2020 04:32 AM 3 minutes to read Imported cars at Ports of Auckland. Photo / File The current account deficit has slipped back into the red with a $400 million deficit in the September 2020 quarter, compared with last quarter's record surplus of $600m, Stats NZ said today. But the quarterly deficit - 0.8 per cent of GDP - remains much smaller than for the same period last year (3.7 per cent). That was still the lowest September deficit since 2001. On an annual basis, the current account de...

Current account returns to deficit as imports rise 12/15/2020 | 05:09pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields The seasonally adjusted current account deficit was $0.4 billion in the September 2020 quarter, compared with last quarter's record surplus of $0.6 billion, Stats NZ said today. The main contributor to the deficit was the rise in goods imports of $1.1 billion, following the fall in the June 2020 quarter. 'The rise in goods imports was mainly driven by an increase in car imports,' international statistics senior manager Peter Dolan said. On an an...