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	<description>The Productive Economy Council represents a growing community of people that wish to see New Zealand return to the upper end of the OECD in terms of GDP per capita.</description>
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		<title>Is Bollard boxing at shadows?</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/07/is-bollard-boxing-at-shadows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank Governor has all but said there is zero reason to raise the OCR right now, but has gone and done it anyway. Perhaps in hindsight he believes that during the last inflation spiral we should have used the OCR lift earlier and gone hard. That soft approach inevitably killed our exports and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese landlords not in New Zealand’s National Interest says PEC</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/07/chinese-landlords-not-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-national-interest-says-pec/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/07/chinese-landlords-not-in-new-zealand%e2%80%99s-national-interest-says-pec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally the mainstream media is waking up to the fact that you have to own your wealth generation to actually create wealth for New Zealand. It&#8217;s a simple concept but it&#8217;s amazing how long it has taken to get it into the public debate. Fran O&#8217;Sullivan correctly identifies the issues. For more on this subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bryan Gould: The puzzle around our productivity</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/07/bryan-gould-the-puzzle-around-our-productivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/07/bryan-gould-the-puzzle-around-our-productivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems Bryan Gould has found the missing link in productivity that Labour, and now National struggled to find.
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		<title>Goff&#8217;s announcement will split the business vote predicts the Productive Economy Council</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/06/goffs-announcement-will-split-the-business-vote-predicts-the-productive-economy-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/06/goffs-announcement-will-split-the-business-vote-predicts-the-productive-economy-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Productive Economy council welcomes Labour&#8217;s announced intention to create a monetary policy environment that better supports exporters.
With every political party angling for the populist vote, it&#8217;s highly encouraging to see Phil Goff today staking out a position that will provoke serious debate on how we grow the economy. Those businesses that design, make, employ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to find an alternative to the OCR says The Productive Economy Council</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/06/time-to-find-an-alternative-to-the-ocr-says-the-productive-economy-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/06/time-to-find-an-alternative-to-the-ocr-says-the-productive-economy-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Bollard&#8217;s increase of the Official Cash Rate to 2.75 per cent is a blow to hard working New Zealanders - both home owners and exporters - who thought the worst was over. This latest move will put more money into the hands of foreign-owned banks and at this point in the economic recovery cycle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gareth Morgan:  Investment still biased towards property</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/06/gareth-morgan-investment-still-biased-towards-property/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/06/gareth-morgan-investment-still-biased-towards-property/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Gareth Morgan takes a look at how the Budget will effect the investment landscape and concludes that if the government was serious about ending our reliance on property investment then it must be given a fail mark on that score:
&#8220;And we are left more than ever with the tax regime and its application  to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phil Goff is Finally Beating the Right Drum</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/05/phil-goff-is-finally-beating-the-right-drum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/05/phil-goff-is-finally-beating-the-right-drum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we have for the first time seen the sort of Policy leadership that might actually deliver the economic turnaround that could see us catch up with Australia, says the Productive Economy Council.
The policies announced today by Labour could see a New Zealand that generates its own savings pool to invest in its own companies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Locomotives is About Building an Economy, says Productive Economy Council</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/05/building-locomotives-is-about-building-an-economy-says-productive-economy-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/05/building-locomotives-is-about-building-an-economy-says-productive-economy-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 06:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Joyce needs to take a &#8220;whole of the economy view&#8221; of KiwiRail&#8217;s intended purchase of locomotives and rolling stock, says Selwyn Pellett the spokesperson for the Productive Economy Council.
&#8220;We are an ambitious nation and it would be nice if our political and economic decision making could catch up with that ambition. New Zealanders want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gareth Morgan: Band-Aid treatment avoids real problem</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/04/gareth-morgan-band-aid-treatment-avoids-real-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/04/gareth-morgan-band-aid-treatment-avoids-real-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Gareth Morgan outlines just why residential property investment is costing us dollars in terms of tax and missed opportunities:
&#8220;So why, if residential property investment is taxed the same as shares  or any other business, is it a tax rort? If you were to include capital  gains in the profit measure you would instantly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for drastic business remedies</title>
		<link>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/04/call-for-drastic-business-remedies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pec.org.nz/2010/04/call-for-drastic-business-remedies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Selwyn Pellett</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If nothing changed, New Zealand would eventually be selling all its assets to service debt, leaving the country as nothing more than a cash cow for foreign interests,&#8221;
Selwyn Pellett, along with Ganesh Nana, John Walley and Rod Oram get stuck into economic orthodoxy at the Fabian&#8217;s Christchurch &#8216;Bold Choices&#8216; seminar, as reported by the Timaru [...]]]></description>
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