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$1.8 billion surplus, lower govt debt: English signals 'options' for election year

"In some ways it's easier to manage deficits because you just say no," the Finance Minister notes. "When you have surpluses you have more demands on you."

 

Thu, 13 Oct 2016

The government books are deepest black: Now's time to pay some of it back. 

If you are of a musical turn of mind, you could hum that sentence, perhaps to the tune of The Red Flag.

Finance Minister Bill English, however, is not keen on moving in a socialistic direction – for all that some of

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