Bill Rosenberg

Workers and employers are cautiously welcoming what's being dubbed New Zealand's biggest health and safety reforms in 20 years. Under the new legislation company directors and managers could face up… Audio

In just under an hour, the Reserve Bank governor, Graeme Wheeler, will announce whether he has decided to lift the Official Cash Rate. Joining us is the chief economist at ANZ bank, Cameron Bagrie… Audio

With Bill Rosenberg - CTU economist, Nick Tuffley - ASB chief economist. Audio

December's survey of business opinion from the Institute of Economic Research found a net 52 percent of firms expect economic conditions to improve, compared with the previous period where 33 percent… Audio

NZ Council of Trade Unions Director of Policy Bill Rosenberg;Lawyer Garth Gallaway who represented the Mines Rescue Trust at the Pike River inquiry; Andrew Cleland, the Chief Executive of IPENZ, the… Audio

The Council of Trade Unions says New Zealanders should be concerned that more and more foreigners want to snap up farmland. Audio

Five years ago this month the global financial decline kicked in deeply. Wayne looks at the implications of the next meltdown that some punters are predicting, and the potential for serious social… Audio

The Council of Trade Unions says the cost of living is hitting low-income families hard, despite inflation falling to its lowest level in 14 years. Audio

The New Zealand stock market has roared ahead in the last year, but the same can't be said for the economy, which has ambled along at a modest annual rate of 2-and-a-half percent. Audio

Commentary from CTU economist, Bill Rosenberg, and the head of the Employers and Manufacturers Association, Kim Campbell. Audio

What are the implications of Contact Energy's cost-saving on the partial sale of State Owned Enterprises? Audio

Listening to that was the Council of Trade Unions economist, Bill Rosenberg. Audio

Sir Graeme Harrison, the founder and chair of ANZCO Foods and the chair of the NZ International Business Forum, and Bill Rosenberg, CTU Economist and Director of Policy. Audio

The smallest annual increase in inflation for 13 years has prompted calls for the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates. Audio

Debate over whether the government should intervene to counter the rising New Zealand dollar is gaining momentum as the Kiwi inches to a six-month high. Audio

This week the Ideas team look at taxation - a way to a utopian society? Oxfam New Zealand senior policy advisor Sarah Meads and CTU economist Bill Rosenberg make the case for a tobin - or Robin Hood -… Audio

China is now New Zealand's number one source of imports. In the past year the rising world power has overtaken Australia as this country's key source of goods and services. Audio

As we reported earlier, profits for the main street banks soared in the second half of last year, with the big five's profits rising collectively by 25 percent. Audio

The prospect of the country's coffers making a healthy return to surplus in two years time is looking bleaker. Audio

The Chinese Government says it wants to invest in New Zealand, and in particular in this country's dairy farms. Audio