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Treasurer Bill English today reconfirmed National's commitment to the dollar for dollar pledge to match tax reductions with increased social spending.

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Credit rating agency Moody's annual report on New Zealand confirms that we have a strong, adaptable economy, Treasurer Bill English said today.

"That is exactly what National's economic framework is designed to achieve and it is what New Zealand needs to move into the 21st century.

  • Bill English
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Helen Clark is wrong when she says that National's plans for tax reductions and social spending increases will take the government into deficit, Treasurer Bill English said today.

  • Bill English
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Labour's costed spending promises already added up to more than $1.6 billion a year, and that was not counting 176 uncosted promises, Treasurer Bill English said today.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said Labour's aim to bring the unemployment rate down to 3% was an old hoax.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said today's inflation result showed that the period of low inflation New Zealand had enjoyed through most of this decade was continuing.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said today it was time Dr Cullen stepped in to calm Labour's increasingly erratic performance on tax and spending.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said Labour's planned $800 million tax grab would be bad news for the economy and a setback just as the country was getting back on its feet.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said Labour's Labour Day package for workers was a cruel irony because it would not help create one new job.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said today the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) showed the economy was set for solid growth, a view also held by other forecasters.

  • Bill English
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New Zealand's manufacturing story over recent years has been one of change, with job losses in some traditional areas balanced by strong growth in new areas such as high value-added manufacturing,

  • Bill English
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I have been repeating the message for months that I keep hearing from economists, and that I believe - the economy is heading for better times.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said the easing in business confidence in the September quarter, reported in the NZIER's Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO), was not unexpected.

  • Bill English
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New Zealand ranked as the second easiest place in the world to start a new business, Treasurer Bill English said today.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said this week's pre-election opening of the books was crunch time for political parties and their spending promises.

  • Bill English
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The Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update will be released on Thursday 21 October 1999 at 10am.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said today this year would be the last happy Christmas for New Zealand families if Helen Clark is able to carry out her top priority of tax increases.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said today it was clear Labour was starting to feel the heat from Alliance pressure to increase taxes.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said overseas trade data released today showed that exports were picking up in the September quarter.

  • Bill English
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Dr Jack Somerville embodied the best virtues of a New Zealand citizen, said Clutha-Southland MP and Treasurer Bill English.

  • Bill English
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From today, low-middle income working families with a new baby will receive up to $1,200 of extra family assistance, said Treasurer Bill English.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English welcomed today evidence that New Zealanders are becoming larger investors offshore, and that the returns they are receiving on those investments are better than previously th

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said the tax policy released by the Alliance today confirmed that higher taxes for everyone earning over $9,500 would be a key election issue.

  • Bill English
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Treasurer Bill English said today that comments by Dr Cullen on the outlook for interest rates and the operation of monetary policy demonstrated the Labour Party's disregard for the independence of

  • Bill English
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