Is the recovery finally here in the NZ economy?

Economists and commentators across New Zealand have their calculators out and their fingers in the air trying to tell whether the recovery is really, finally on. The latest GDP numbers are modest, but at least have a plus in front of them, but what sits underneath the headlines? With an election campaign under way, an interest rate decision imminent, international bond markets jittering, and the cost of living crisis playing out in a battle of bold supermarket restructure pledges, just where does the needle on the mojo meter sit? Simplicity economist Shamubeel Eaqub joins Toby to talk through the numbers and what it all means.
Plus, in How Good, Alex Casey on the real greatest rivalry: Threeodore versus TVNZ’s Plussie.
At Large with Toby Manhire is produced by Te Aihe Butler and The Spinoff. Read more at ⁠thespinoff.co.nz⁠.