Tuesday’s Chorus: Some new New Building Standards

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thekaka.substack.comBriefly for all today in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate:* The Lead: The Government announced new earthquake strengthening standards that redefined away $8.2 billion worth of strengthening work. It was widely welcomed by business owners, especially in provincial cities hit hard with empty old main street buildings sitting empty for years, unable to sell.* The Sidebar: Donald Trump has just (re) announced a 100% tariff on movies made outside the United States. (Reuters)* In the Quote of the Day, RBNZ Chief Economist Paul Conway acknowledged the bank’s mandate (then) to support maximum sustainable employment was a factor making it difficult to start raising interest rates sooner in 2021, which might have reduced inflation sooner.* The Chart of the day shows fresh jobs data for August, including a 0.2% rise for the month and a 0.7% fall for the year.* The Number of the day shows total gross earnings grew slower than food prices, rents and electricity prices in August.* The Deep-dive of the day is by Laura James for 1News about the housing crisis for families with disabilities.Subscribe in full as a paying subscriber for more detail and analysis below the paywall fold and in the full video and podcast above. Paying subscribers support my work being done in the public interest here and in my appearances on other media such as RNZ & 1News. Paying subscribers also get early and full access to our webinars, our chat room and can comment on articles. ‘Here’s some new standards to save us money’