Brett Roberts @brettroberts.bsky.social · 01/11/2023I recall seeing a graphic a few years back that showed NZ business confidence over time along with one of the main economic performance metrics and the two seemed to be entirely disconnected. 2233 0
David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 01/11/2023That was probably me- I did a bunch of analysis in 2019 that business confidence for NZ was least correlated to their economy in all the world, matched party in power & PM gender and length of office, and we would all be better just looking at other countries confidence. 712045 0
Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 02/11/2023I mentioned this the other day but couldn't place it, so thank you for re-posting. I recall the near-hysteria which greeted the election of the Fifth Labour Government & I would lay good odds on the lack of correlation being even more pronounced in 2000-2001 060 0
JosieF @josief.bsky.social · 02/11/2023Great work tackling the persistent narrative vs data distortion! Why is it so skewed in NZ? 😊 160 0
Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 02/11/2023There is a positive correlation between business "confidence" and right wing governance. There is a negative correlation between business "performance" and right wing governance. 051 0
David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 02/11/2023I remembered something else that often comes up in NZ Business Confidence discussions. 13411 0
