'A banned phrase' – why nobody is ready to talk about economic 'greenshoots'

Home / BusinessNZ Herald8 Jul, 2026 05:00 AM3 mins to readGreen shoots, cost pressures and trade hopes: Liam Dann and Tamsyn Parker unpack whether NZ’s economy is really through the worst.As fuel prices fall back towards pre-war levels and business confidence picks up, can we pick up on the economic recovery where we left it in February?Or is the shell shock (and inflation hangover) from yet another winter slump going to linger?

“I don’t think anyone wants to talk

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