Minister of Finance recalls ‘staring down the barrel’ of Covid
Minister of Finance says he has ‘natural bias’ to keep the debt-to-GDP ratio low.
Julie Iles
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
Finance Minister Grant Robertson told a Parliamentary select committee today he had a "natural bias" to keep the debt-to-GDP ratio low.
The comments came in response to Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick asking Robertson to what extent the metric was "relatively arbitrary".
While Robertson agreed
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Julie Iles
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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