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Raising productivity is NZ’s greatest economic challenge

Page updated 3 Apr 2008

New Zealand’s long-term trend of productivity under-performance is the biggest economic challenge facing policy-makers and both the public and private sectors in New Zealand, Secretary to the Treasury John Whitehead said today.

Speaking at The Icehouse business growth centre in Auckland, Mr Whitehead said that productivity performance is critical to raising the living standards of New Zealanders.

See the media statement Raising productivity is NZ’s greatest economic challenge and related documents released today: