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Steven Joyce: Former Finance Minister says young people will come out worse off from any upcoming recession

Published: Nov. 24, 2022, 8:01 p.m.

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There are fears young people will come out worse off from any upcoming recession.

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Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has confirmed the bank is deliberately engineering a recession, with plans to hike the Official Cash Rate as high as 5.5 percent.

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That recession is expected to hit around the middle of next year.

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Former Finance Minister Steven Joyce told Mike Hosking it will be felt particularly by young people, especially young home owners who have recently hopped on the property ladder.

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He says in a wage price spiral, consumption needs to be slowed, and that usually means pushing the economy backwards.

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