Hosted by journalist Bernard Hickey, When the Facts Change is your essential weekly guide to the intersection of economics, business and politics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Presented by The Spinoff together with Kiwibank.
Contented co-founders Lucy Pink and Hannah Hardy-Jones join Bernard Hickey to talk about their AI start-up and how they started working with US news publishers.
Kiwibank economist Sabrina Delgado joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the sectors that are thriving, and the ones that aren’t, as our economy recovers post-recession.
Arthur Grimes, senior fellow at Motu Research, joins Bernard Hickey to discuss a big shift to discount rates that could make big infrastructure projects much more viable in the future.
RBNZ chief economist Paul Conway returns to When the Facts Change to chew the monetary policy fat, including a look at quantitative easing, the state of inflation and the RBNZ’s relationship with the government.
Sean Gourley, founder and CEO of US-based AI company Primer, joins Bernard Hickey to discuss the role Aotearoa can play in the development of AI, defence technology and the geopolitical contest between China and the United States.
In an emergency edition of When The Facts Change, Bernard Hickey talks with NZ Initiative executive director Oliver Hartwich and Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr about Adrian Orr’s surprise resignation.
Kiwibank chief economist Jarrod Kerr joins Bernard Hickey to discuss whether the Reserve Bank should be speeding up its response to the economy rather than just easing off.
Kiwibank senior economist Mary Jo Vergara joins Bernard Hickey to sift through the latest spending data for insights on how Kiwi used their money over the summer.